The United States in the World Economy offers the results of a
conference organized by the National Bureau of Economics in 1987. The
volume includes background papers prepared by nine academic economists,
personal statements by individuals prominent in government and business,
and summaries of the discussion that followed the presentations. Among
the topics considered are foreign competition in Latin America and the
Asian Pacific Rim, Third World debts, innovations in international
financial markets, changing patterns of international investment,
international capital flows, and international competition in goods,
services, and agriculture. Prepared for a sophisticated but
non-technical audience, these papers present complicated economic issues
clearly, indicating the many ways in which the American economy
influences and is influenced by economic events and conditions around
the world.