"Economic Growth in Modern Industrial Societies: The UnitedStates and the Soviet Union" in Moscow, November 28-30, 1988

美国国家科学院(NAS)的这个项目包括一个名为“现代工业社会的经济增长：美国和苏联”的双边研讨会。这次研讨会是与苏联科学院(ASUSSR)联合主办的。它将于1988年11月28日至11月30日在莫斯科举行。研讨会的NAS主席是通用汽车公司副总裁兼集团执行总裁玛丽娜·惠特曼博士。苏联副总统康斯坦丁·弗洛洛夫院士和苏联经济研究所所长莱昂尼德·阿巴尔金被指定为苏联联合主席。研讨会将汇聚美国和苏联两国的知名经济学家和实业家进行介绍和讨论，有助于澄清影响美国和苏联经济增长的一些最重要的因素。尤其令人感兴趣的是，目前苏联的经济改革活动以及国际经济和金融发展对美国日益重要。研讨会分为五个专题领域：(1)经济结构和总生产力的模式和趋势；(2)技术创新和扩散的经济方面；(3)管理问题；(4)营销和金融；以及(5)国际方面。研讨会结束后，美国与会者将会见经济学家和其他关键机构的相关专家，并将参观莫斯科和列宁格勒的工业设施。研讨会和随后的工业访问有可能促进美国和苏联经济学家之间的更多互动和理解，并确定共同感兴趣的领域，以便进一步联合探索。

This project of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) consists of a bilateral seminar entitled "Economic Growth in Modern Industrial Societies: The United States and the Soviet Union." The seminar is jointly sponsored with the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (ASUSSR). It will be held in Moscow from November 28 to November 30, 1988. The NAS chairperson for the seminar is Dr. Marina Whitman, Vice-President and Group Executive of the General Motors Corporation. Academicians Konstantin Frolov, Vice- President of the ASUSSR, and Leonid Abalkin, Director of the ASUSSR Institute of Economics, have been designated as the Soviet co-chairmen. The seminar will help to clarify some of the most important factors affecting economic growth in the United States and the USSR by bringing together leading economists and industrialists of the two countries for presentations and discussions. Of particular interest are current Soviet economic reform activities and the growing importance to the United States of international economic and financial developments. The seminar is structured in five topical areas: (1) patterns and trends in economic structure and aggregate productivity; (2) economic aspects of technology innovation and diffusion; (3) management issues; (4) marketing and finance; and (5) international aspects. Following the seminar, American participants will meet with economists and other relevant specialists at key institutions and will visit industrial facilities in Moscow and Leningrad. The seminar and the subsequent industrial visits have the potential for promoting greater interaction and understanding among American and Soviet economists and for identifying areas of mutual interest for further joint exploration.