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Alice Amsden
Alice Amsden
Born	Alice Hoffenberg Amsden; June 27, 1943; Brooklyn, New York
Died	March 14, 2012 (aged 68); Cambridge, Massachusetts
Occupation	Political economist
Academic background
Education	Cornell University (B.A., 1965) ; London School of Economics (Ph.D., 1971)
Academic work
Discipline	Development economics
Sub-discipline	Political economy
School or tradition	Heterodox economics
Institutions	UCLA; Columbia University; Harvard Business School; The New School; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1994–2012)
Main interests	Developmental states; late-industrializing economies; industrial policy

Alice Hoffenberg Amsden (June 27, 1943 – March 14, 2012) was a political economist and scholar of state-led economic development. For the last two decades of her career, she was the Barton L. Weller Professor of Political Economy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.^[1]

Amsden was known best for her work on the developmental state, which argued that state-led industrialization was a viable alternative to the market-oriented industrialization of North America and Europe. Her scholarship focused on the catch-up of late-industrializing economies, particularly the "Asian Tigers." Amsden found their growth was accomplished through government intervention that established price control and import substitution policies, promoted organizational learning, and arranged "reciprocal control mechanisms" between states and private firms. Her work is viewed as a rebuttal of the Washington Consensus and neoclassical economic theories that sought to restrain state intervention in the developmental process.^[2]^[3]

Life and career

Born in New York City, Amsden received her undergraduate degree from Cornell University and her PhD from the London School of Economics. Amsden began her career as an economist at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and taught at University of California, Los Angeles, Barnard College at Columbia University, Harvard Business School and The New School before being appointed professor at MIT in 1994. She remained in MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning until her death in 2012.

In addition to teaching and writing, she was a consultant to the World Bank, OECD and various organizations within the United Nations. In 2002, she was awarded the Leontief Prize by the Global Development and Environment Institute and was named one of the top 50 visionaries by Scientific American for her premise that one-size-fits-all economic policies are ill-suited for poor countries looking to become industrialized.^[4] In 2009, she was appointed by the United Nations secretary-general to a 3-year seat on the U.N. Committee on Development Policy, a subsidiary of the U.N. Economic and Social Council. The 24-member committee provides inputs and independent advice to the council on emerging cross-sectoral development issues and on international cooperation for development.

Amsden wrote several books about the industrialization of developing countries. Her work emphasized the importance of the state as a facilitator and guide of economic development.^[5] She also saw knowledge as a crucial determinant of economic growth. Her books include Asia's Next Giant: South Korea and Late Industrialisation and The Rise of the Rest. In the former she concentrated on the development of South Korea and in the latter she compared the experiences of several developing countries—mostly East Asian and Latin American countries.^[6]

In 2012, Amsden died suddenly at her home in Cambridge at the age of 68.^[1]

Books

In addition to numerous journal articles, Amsden published:

The Role of Elites in Economic Development, Oxford University Press, 2012, (with Alisa Di Caprio and James A. Robinson). ISBN 9780198716433
Escape from Empire: The Developing World's Journey through Heaven and Hell, MIT Press, 2007. ISBN 9780262513159
Beyond Late Development: Taiwan's Upgrading Policies, MIT Press, 2003, (with Wan Wen Chu).
The Rise of "The Rest": Challenges to the West From Late-Industrializing Economies, Oxford University Press, 2001.
The Market Meets Its Match: Restructuring the Economies of Eastern Europe, Harvard University Press, 1994 (with Jacek Kochanowicz and Lance Taylor). ISBN 9780674549845
Asia's Next Giant: South Korea and Late Industrialization, Oxford University Press, 1989. Awarded "Best Book in Political Economy," American Political Science Association, 1992. ISBN 9780195076035

References

^ ^a ^b "Development economist Alice Amsden dies at 68". MIT News Office. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
^ Clifton, Judith; Glasmeier, Amy; Sheth, Alpen (2016). "Revisiting development theory: Alice H. Amsden's impact on the field". Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society: rsw034. doi:10.1093/cjres/rsw034. ISSN 1752-1378.
^ Kohli, Atul (2007). "States and Economic Development" (PDF). Retrieved 4 April 2017.
^ "2002 Leontief Prize | Economics in Context Initiative". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
^ "Prof compares business models' impact on economic development". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2007-03-13. Retrieved 2024-03-13.
^ "The East Asian Miracle: Where Did Adam Smith Go Wrong?". Harvard International Review. 2019-09-24. Retrieved 2024-03-13.

External links

[MIT_Obit-1] "Development economist Alice Amsden dies at 68". MIT News Office. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 16 March 2012. Retrieved 4 April 2017.

[CliftonGlasmeier2016-2] Clifton, Judith; Glasmeier, Amy; Sheth, Alpen (2016). "Revisiting development theory: Alice H. Amsden's impact on the field". Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society: rsw034. doi:10.1093/cjres/rsw034. ISSN 1752-1378.

[3] Kohli, Atul (2007). "States and Economic Development" (PDF). Retrieved 4 April 2017.

[4] "2002 Leontief Prize | Economics in Context Initiative". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-13.

[5] "Prof compares business models' impact on economic development". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2007-03-13. Retrieved 2024-03-13.

[6] "The East Asian Miracle: Where Did Adam Smith Go Wrong?". Harvard International Review. 2019-09-24. Retrieved 2024-03-13.

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