W. W. Rostow is professor of political economy at the University of Texas, Austin. He has taught at, among other universities, Oxford, Cambridge, and MIT, and is the author of twenty-six volumes, among them The Process of Economic Growth, The Stages of Economic Growth, and The World Economy: History and Prospect.

• Preface -- Reflections on the Past and Future of Political Economy -- The World Economy Since 1945: A Stylized Historical Analysis -- The Rich Country—Poor Country Problem: From the Eighteenth to the Twenty-first Century -- Long Cycles and Policy -- A Perspective on the Global Economic Agenda -- Toward a New Hemispheric Partnership -- India and the Fourth Industrial Revolution -- The Pacific Basin and the World Economy -- Is There Need for Economic Leadership? Japanese or U.S.? -- How the Cold War Might End

W. W. Rostow is professor of political economy at the University of Texas, Austin. He has taught at, among other universities, Oxford, Cambridge, and MIT, and is the author of twenty-six volumes, among them The Process of Economic Growth, The Stages of Economic Growth, and The World Economy: History and Prospect.

• Preface -- Reflections on the Past and Future of Political Economy -- The World Economy Since 1945: A Stylized Historical Analysis -- The Rich Country—Poor Country Problem: From the Eighteenth to the Twenty-first Century -- Long Cycles and Policy -- A Perspective on the Global Economic Agenda -- Toward a New Hemispheric Partnership -- India and the Fourth Industrial Revolution -- The Pacific Basin and the World Economy -- Is There Need for Economic Leadership? Japanese or U.S.? -- How the Cold War Might End