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Natural resources have dropped out of the competitive equation. In fact, a lack of natural resources may even be an advantage. Because the industries we are competing for - the industries of the future - are all based on brainpower.

Lester Thurow

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Lester Thurow
Age: 77 †
Born: 1938
Born: May 7
Died: 2016
Died: March 25
Economist
Journalist
Livingston
Montana
Lester C. Thurow
Lester Carl Thurow
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