Lester C. Thurow

Lester Thurow is Professor of Economics and Management at MIT and the former Dean of the Sloan School of Management. He is the author of The Zero-Sum Society, Head to Head, and The Future of Capitalism. (February 1998)

From the Review

February 5, 1998: Asia: The Collapse and the Cure

November 21, 1985: The Dishonest Economy

Off the Books: The Rise of the Underground Economy by Philip Mattera

Choosing the Right Pond: Human Behavior and the Quest for Status by Robert H. Frank

February 14, 1985: How to Get Out of the Economic Rut

The Share Economy: Conquering Stagflation by Martin L. Weitzman

The Second Industrial Divide: Possibilities for Prosperity by Michael J. Piore, by Charles F. Sabel

December 20, 1984: Can the US Compete? (letter)

September 27, 1984: Losing the Economic Race

Can America Compete? by Robert Z. Lawrence

The DRI Report on US Manufacturing Industries by Otto Eckstein, by Christopher Caton, by Roger Brinner, by Peter Duprey

December 22, 1983: The Elephant and the Maharajah

Inflation, Tax Rules, and Capital Formation by Martin Feldstein

March 3, 1983: From Infancy to Senility and Back

The Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities by Mancur Olson

October 7, 1982: Sentimental Education

The Education of David Stockman and Other Americans by William Greider

August 12, 1982: How Far Down? (letter)

April 1, 1982: How to Rescue a Drowning Economy

Minding America's Business: The Decline and Rise of the American Economy by Ira C. Magaziner, by Robert B. Reich

December 17, 1981: Death by a Thousand Cuts

Making America Work: Productivity and Responsibility by James O'Toole

September 24, 1981: Reagan's Deficit (letter)

May 14, 1981: How to Wreck the Economy

America's New Beginning: A Program for Economic Recovery Budget from the Executive Office of the President/Office of Management and

Fiscal Year 1982 Budget Revisions Budget from the Executive Office of the President/Office of Management and

Books by Lester C. Thurow

Building Wealth: The New Rules for Individuals, Companies, and Nations in a Knowledge-Based Economy (1999)
The Future of Capitalism: How Today's Economic Forces Shape Tomorrow's World (1997)
The Future of Capitalism: How Today's Economic Forces Shape Tomorrow's World (1996)
Head to Head: The Coming Economic Battle Among Japan, Europe, and America (1992)
Toward a High-Wage, High-Productivity Service Sector (1989)
The Zero-Sum Solution: The Route to Economic Growth (1987)
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 (1981)
The Zero-Sum Society: Distribution and the Possibilities for Economic Change (1980)
Generating Inequality: Mechanisms of Distribution in the U.S. Economy (1975)
Poverty and Discrimination (1969)