# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lester-thurow
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:36:57.597Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lester-thurow"
name: "Lester Thurow"
slug: "lester-thurow"
description: "Lester Carl Thurow was an American political economist, former dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management, and author of books on economic topics."
tagline: "American journalist and MIT professor of management and economics (1938-2016)"
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country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1938-05-07"
deathDate: "2016-03-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump