WITH the passing away of Saleh Afiff, I feel I have lost a comrade with whom to talk about the economy. Saleh Afiff, like myself and a number of other friends, was a former member of the "Widjojo Team", who had assisted President Suharto since the start of his administration.

They, such as Ali Wardhana, Emil Salim, Subroto, Sumarlin, Suhadi Mangkusuwondo, were the most senior at the School of Economics, University of Indonesia (FE