| Lester Thurow  AKA Lester C. Thurow
Born: 7-May-1938
Birthplace: Livingston, MT
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Economist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Sloan School of Management University: BA Political Economy, Williams College (1960)
University: MA Philosophy, Balliol College, Oxford University
University: PhD Economics, Harvard University (1964)
Professor: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1968-)
Administrator: Dean, Sloan School of Management, MIT (1987-93)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Center on Education and the Economy Trustee
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Public Agenda Policy Review Board
The Boston Globe Columnist
USA Today Columnist
The New York Times Editorial Board (former)
Newsweek Contributing Editor (former)
New Perspectives Quarterly Advisory Board
Bill Bradley for President
Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Economists for Peace and Security Fellow
John Kerry for President
Member of the Board of E-Trade
Member of the Board of Analog Devices
Rhodes Scholarship
Official Website:
http://www.lthurow.com/
Author of books:
Poverty and Discrimination (1969, Brookings Institution)
Investment in Human Capital (1970)
The Zero-Sum Society: Distribution and the Possibilities for Economic Change (1980)
Dangerous Currents: The State of Economics (1983)
Head to Head: The Coming Economic Battle among Japan, Europe, and America (1992)
The Future of Capitalism: How Today's Economic Forces Shape Tomorrow's World (1997)
Building Wealth: The New Rules for Individuals, Companies, and Nations in a Knowledge-Based Economy (1999)
Fortune Favors the Bold: What We Must Do to Build a New and Lasting Global Prosperity (2003)
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