About the Author

Robert Z. Lawrence, nonresident senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics since 2001, is the Albert L. Williams Professor of Trade and Investment at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and a Global Fellow at the MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth. He was appointed by President Clinton to serve as a member of his Council of Economic Advisers in 1999. He held the New Century Chair as a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and founded and edited the Brookings Trade Forum. Lawrence has been a senior fellow in the Economic Studies Program at Brookings (1983–91) and a professorial lecturer at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and Yale University.

Reviews

Lawrence offers a masterful account of how specialization in manufacturing evolves as countries develop economically, and how technological change, globalization, and economic policy affect countries’ industrial trajectories. His analysis is essential reading for all who are interested in the future of the manufacturing sector.
*Gordon Hanson, The Peter Wertheim Professor in Urban Policy at Harvard Kennedy School.*

A Best Economics Book of 2024 - Financial Times

"Lawrence, one of the world’s leading trade economists, demolishes the belief that subsidies or tariffs will restore an economy in which a huge number of unskilled workers, predominantly men, earn good wages from factory jobs."
*Financial Times*

Timely and bold.
*Sungsoo An, CEO & CFO at S&G Consulting Firm*

The most reliable and comprehensive book on a very important topic.
*Five Books*