Richard N. Cooper, Harvard economist and adviser to presidents, dies at 86
By Globe Staff and Wire ReportsUpdated February 3, 2021, 7:29 p.m.
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With his 1968 book âThe Economics of Interdependenceâ and his other writings of that period, economist Richard N. Cooper promoted cooperation among nations, even when doing so required considerable effort.
âThe trend toward greater economic interdependence among countries will require substantial changes in their approach to foreign policy in the next decade or so,â he wrote in a 1972 article for the journal World Politics.
His publications on the topic can be seen as âthe original foundation of the study of international cooperation or coordination of macroeconomic policy,â Jeffrey A. Frankel a friend and a Harvard Kennedy School professor, wrote recently in an online tribute to Dr. Cooper.