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Walt Whitman Rostow was born in New York City on 7 October 1916. He was the son of Russian immigrants Victor Aaron and Lillian (Helman) Rostow.
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After describing the 5 stages of economic growth the author compares and contrasts the progress of the USA and the USSR through these stages
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(Should the negotiation of the post-World War II peace tre...)
Should the negotiation of the post-World War II peace treaties in Europe be pursued separately or should they be approached within the framework of a general European settlement? The debate on this fundamental foreign policy issue, which has left only faint tracks in the documentary record, is fully explored here for the first time. Walt Rostow describes a meeting that took place on the eve of the departure of Secretary of State James Byrnes for Paris to participate in treaty negotiations. The meeting was probably the only occasion during 1946 when the peace treaty issue was explicitly addressed at a high level.
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(Midway through the eighteenth century, the rate of growth...)
Midway through the eighteenth century, the rate of growth for the world's population was roughly at zero. Immediately after World War II, it was just above 2 percent. Ever since, it has fallen steadily. This new book, the latest offering from a distinguished expert on international economics, tells readers what this stagnation or fall in population will mean--economically, politically, and historically--for the nations of the world. W. W. Rostow not only traces the whole global arc of this "great population spike"--he looks far beyond it. What he sees will interest anyone curious about what is in store for the world's financial and governmental systems. The Great Population Spike and After: Reflections on the 21st Century contends that, as the decline in population now occurring in the industrialized world spreads to all of the presently developing countries, the global rate of population will fall to the "zero" level circa 2100. (Indeed, with the exception of Africa south of the Sahara, it could reach "zero" long before then.) This being so, how will it be possible to maintain full employment and social services with a decelerating population? What will societies do when the proportion of the working force (as now defined) diminishes radically in relation to the population of poor or elderly dependents? How will the countries of the world confront subsequent decreases in population-related investment? In answering these queries, this bold study asserts that the United States is not the "last remaining superpower" but the "critical margin" without whose support no constructive action on the world scene can succeed. Rostow takes the view that world peace will depend on our government's ability to assume responsibly this "critical margin" role. Further, he argues that, over a period of time, the execution of this strategy on the international scene will require a bipartisan, relentless effort to solve the combustible social problems that weaken not only our cities but our whole society.
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This history of theories and theorists of economic growth elucidates the economic theory, economic history, and public policy observations of the renowned scholar W. W. Rostow. Looking at the economic growth theories of the classic economists up to 1870, Rostow compares Hume and Adam Smith, Malthus and Ricardo, and J.S. Mill and Karl Marx. He then examines the period 1870-1939 and its economic theorists, including Schumpeter, Colin Clark, Kuznets, and Harrod, and surveys the three forms of growth analysis in the postwar era: formal models, statistical morphology, and development theories. This authoritative overview also includes an agenda of unresolved problems in growth analysis and a description of the five major tasks statesmen will confront over the next several generations.
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El presente estudio quiere ser tanto un ensayo histórico como un reto a la teoría económica convencional, tanto neoclásica como neokeynesiana. Con todas sus virtudes, ninguna de ellas, por sí solas o consideradas en conjunto, facilitan un marco suficiente para comprender la dinámica del pasado ni el carácter de los problema
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Walt Whitman Rostow was born in New York City on 7 October 1916. He was the son of Russian immigrants Victor Aaron and Lillian (Helman) Rostow.
Rostow attended Yale University, receiving a B. A. in 1936. Following graduation, Rostow continued his studies, first as a Rhodes scholar at Baillol College, Oxford University, 1936-1938, and then as a graduate student at Yale University, 1938-1940. In 1940 he received a Ph. D. in economics from Yale University.
After graduating Rostow taught for one year as an instructor in economics at Columbia University.
With the outbreak of World War II Rostow joined the Office of Strategic Services, soon achieving the rank of major. Stationed in London, one of his primary responsibilities was to recommend enemy targets to the U. S. Air Forces. For his additional work with the British Air Ministry in 1945 he was awarded the Legion of Merit and was made an honorary member of the Order of the British Empire.
Following the war he entered the Department of State as assistant chief of the German-Austrian Economic Division.
In 1946-1947 Rostow was named the Harmsworth Professor of American History at Oxford University.
After a two year stint in Geneva as assistant to the executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Europe, an organ of the United Nations, he took another academic position in England serving as Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions at Cambridge University, 1949-1950.
His first book, The American Diplomatic Revolution based on his inaugural lecture at Oxford University in November 1946, was published in 1947. The next year saw the publication of another book, Essays on the British Economy of the Nineteenth Century.
In 1950 Rostow was appointed professor of economic history at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The following year he was also named a staff member of the Center for International Studies at that university. Rostow continued in both posts until 1961. During those years Rostow wrote an impressive number of books, articles, and reviews on a wide range of topics. Among those works are: The Process of Economic Growth, The Growth and Fluctuation of the British Economy, The Dynamics of Soviet Society The Prospects for Communist China, An American Policy in Asia, A Proposal: Key to an Effective Foreign Policy, The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto, The United States in the World Arena, Rich Countries and Poor Countries: Reflections from the Past, Lessons for the Future and Theorists of Economic Growth from David Hume to the Present. These works helped establish Rostow's reputation as an original and influential economic theorist as well as an astute observer of contemporary international affairs.
After serving as an aide to John F. Kennedy during the 1960 presidential campaign, Rostow was appointed deputy special assistant for national security affairs by the president-elect in 1961. Later that year he moved to the Department of State, where he remained until 1966 as chairman of the Policy Planning Council.
From 1964 to 1966 he also served as a U. S. member of the Inter- American Committee for the Alliance for Progress with the rank of ambassador. In 1966 President Lyndon B. Johnson named Rostow to replace McGeorge Bundy as special assistant to the president for national security affairs. In that post Rostow became one of Johnson's principal foreign policy advisers, especially with regard to the Vietnam War.
Beginning with a special mission that he undertook for President Kennedy in late 1961, Rostow had paid close attention to the deepening American involvement in Southeast Asia. His optimistic projections about the U. S. war effort and his consistent support for the use of air power to accomplish U. S. objectives embroiled him in much controversy. Even in later writings he continued to defend the American war effort as well as his own policy positions.
In 1969 Rostow returned to teaching, accepting an appointment at the University of Texas at Austin. In the 19806 he was Rex G. Baker Professor of Political Economy in the Departments of Economics and History at that university.
Rostow continued his prolific scholarship, writing a series of books during this period on history, economics, and international affairs.
(Should the negotiation of the post-World War II peace tre...)
(This history of theories and theorists of economic growth...)
(El presente estudio quiere ser tanto un ensayo histórico ...)
(After describing the 5 stages of economic growth the auth...)
( An examination of British economy from 1790-1914 and th...)
(Midway through the eighteenth century, the rate of growth...)
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Quotations: "The way we fought the Vietnam War reminds me of the way we are trying to deal with the cities, running after all the symptoms and putting Band-Aids on them instead of going for the cause".
The Office of Strategic Services, the Center for International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the United States Department of State
In 1992 Rostow was named Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Austin Project. This group's goal was to solve the problems of urban America, starting with the city of Austin, Texas. The idea of the project was to start with the expansion of public and private programs that are aimed at prenatal care and aiding disadvantaged children. Rostow's philosophy was to invest in the young people.
Walt Whitman Rostow married Elspeth Davies. They had two children.
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