Alexander Eckstein
Alexander Eckstein (1915-1976) was a Professor of Economics who worked at the University of Michigan.
Eckstein's area of expertise was the Chinese economy and he played a notable role in the Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan and the development of Sino-US diplomacy (the so-called Ping-pong diplomacy) of the 1970s.[1]
Selected publications[]
- 1962, The National Income of Communist China
- 1960, Communist China's Economic Development and Foreign Trade
- 1975, China's Economic Development: The Interplay of Scarcity and Ideology
- 1977, China's Economic Revolution
- 1977, Comparison of Economic Systems: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches
References[]
- ^ Feuerwerker, A., Oksenberg, M., Dernberger, R. and Whiting, A., (1977). Alexander Eckstein 1915-1976. The Journal of Asian Studies, 37(1), p.87.
Categories:
- 1915 births
- 1976 deaths
- University of Michigan faculty
- American economists
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