Allen B. Rosenstein (1989) "Competitiveness and Incoherent National Policy", National Academy of Public Administration, Keynote Speech, 1989.
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For generation accustomed to thinking of the United States as the world's leading industrial power, something was lost when the U.S, became the world's largest debtor.

— Allen B. Rosenstein

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About Allen B. Rosenstein

Allen Bertram Rosenstein (born August 25, 1920) is an American electrical engineer and Professor Emeritus of Systems Engineering at the University of California at Los Angeles.