Lester Thurow
Lester Carl Thurow (May 7, 1938 – March 25, 2016) was an American
Education
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Career
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Thurow was a longtime advocate of a political and economic system of the Japanese and European type, in which governmental involvement in the direction of the economy is far more extensive than is the case in the United States – a model that has come to be known as "Third Way" philosophy. Thurow supported a more universal patent system as a requirement for a knowledge-based economy, where governments would assess the value of infringements of intellectual property against their companies by competitors in foreign jurisdictions and allow these companies to match that.[1][3]
Thurow died at the age of 77 on March 25, 2016.[4][5]
Books
His 1993 book, Head to Head: The Coming Economic Battle Among Japan, Europe and America [6] compares economic growth and living standards in Japan, Europe, and the U.S. His other books include:
- Fortune Favors the Bold: What we must do to build a new and lasting global prosperity (2003).
- Building Wealth: The new rules (1999).
- The Future of Capitalism: How today's economic forces shape tomorrow's world (1996).
- The Zero-Sum Solution: Building a world-class American economy (1985).
- Dangerous Currents: The state of economics (1983).
- The Zero-Sum Society: Distribution and the possibilities for economic change (1980) ISBN 0465085881.
- Generating Inequality: Mechanisms of distribution in the U.S. economy (1975).
References
- ^ a b "Lester Thurow". MIT Sloan School of Management. Archived from the original on June 8, 2011. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
- ^ "Historical Winners List". UCLA Anderson School of Management. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
- ^ Wired Magazine – Interview and Description of Thurow's Patents Plan
- ^ "Prominent MIT economist and dean Lester Thurow dies at 78". MIT News. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
- ^ Koblin, John (29 March 2016). "Lester C. Thurow, Economist Who Seized the Spotlight, is Dead at 77". The New York Times.
- ISBN 978-0-688-11150-2.
External links
- The Economic Policy Institute
- Thurow New York Times Piece On Rate of Chinese Economic Growth (August 19, 2007)
- CFO Magazine – Interview
- The Globalist – Short Biography
- Thurow, Lester C. (2008). "Profits". In OCLC 237794267.
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- "Lester Carl Thurow". EconPapers.
- "Lester Thurow". JSTOR.