Dr. Alexandr Nemets (BIO)
Alexandr Nemets was born in Moscow in 1955. He studied at the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys, where he received a B.S. degree as a specialist in industry automation in 1978 and an M.S. degree as a data base developer in 1983. From 1978 to 1986, he worked as a programmer, at the same time studying Chinese and Japanese.
From 1986 to1992, he worked at the Presidium of Academy of Sciences USSR as an expert on the economic and technological development of China and Japan. During this period he published several dozen articles and booklets in the Soviet scientific media.
In 1991, Dr. Nemets defended his Ph.D. thesis, "Science-intensive sectors in the Chinese economy," at the Central Economic-Mathematical Institute, Academy of Sciences USSR and received a Ph.D. degree in 1992.
In 1989-93, Dr. Nemets undertook seven trips to the vast region between Lake Baikal and Beijing. In 1994 he emigrated to the United States, working at the University of Minnesota in 1995.
From 1996 to 2000, Dr. Nemets was a consultant to Science Applications International Corp. and published several hundred research reports related to China and Russia.
From 2000 to 2002, Dr. Nemets was a consultant to the American Foreign Policy Council and other governmental and non-governmental organizations in Washington, D.C.
Hmmm. The play on the financial front is not likely
to work.
US govt debt relative to GDP is only about 38%.
Compare that w/ approx 140% in the 1940s.
The budget deficit relative to GDP is only
about 4.5%. Cut taxes, spur growth, convert
deficits into surplus.
US military spending is only about 4.1% relative
to GDP too.
Why do countries seem to never figure out that
nat resource-based economies do not lead? It
is technology- or innovation-based economies
that lead.
MV