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Lester Thurow
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American journalist and MIT professor of management and economics (1938-2016)
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Lester Carl Thurow was an American economist and journalist born in Livingston in 1938. He received his education at Harvard University, Williams College, and Balliol College. His academic career included positions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he studied under doctoral advisor Otto Eckstein. Thurow was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Phi Beta Kappa Society, and he received a Rhodes Scholarship.
He authored thirteen works, including *Inventing Modern America*, *Strategic Pragmatism*, and *Die Zukunft der Weltwirtschaft*. Thurow wrote in English and died in Westport on March 25, 2016.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 13
Top works
- Inventing Modern America
- Strategic Pragmatism
- New Testament
- Wirtschaft - Das sollte man wissen.
- Die Zukunft der Weltwirtschaft
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Lester
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Livingston
- Place of death
- Westport
- Occupation
- journalist
- Educated at
- Balliol College
- Employer
- MIT Sloan School of Management
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Rhodes Scholarship
- Doctoral advisor
- Otto Eckstein
- Image
- 13. Internationales Management-Gespräch-Lester C. Thurow-HSGN 028-00542.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1938-05-07
- date of death
- 2016-03-25
- member of
- Phi Beta Kappa Society
- name in native language
- Lester Carl Thurow
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