George
J. Viksnins
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| Upon teaching his final summer course on comparative economic systems, Professor George J. Viksnins ("Uncle George") was presented with a Certificate of Appreciation for about 30 years of service to the Fund for American Studies. The presentation in August 2007 was made by Randall Teague (right), Board Chairman, and Roger Ream (left), Fund President. Email Address: viksning@georgetown.edu Biographical Sketch: George J. Viksnins is Professor of Economics at Georgetown
University,
where he has been a member of the faculty since 1964. From 1976 to
1981,
Dr. Viksnins was a Director of the FMI Financial Corporation. He has
served
as a consultant to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System,
The World Bank, the Agency for International Development, and the
International Monetary Fund. Dr. Viksnins has authored numerous
articles
and books, including The Economies of Southeast Asia in 1980
(G.U.
Center for Strategic and International Studies, 1975), Financial
Deepening
in the ASEAN Countries (University of Hawaii Press, 1980), and Financing
East Asia's Success (with Michael Skully, Macmillan in
association
with the American Enterprise Institute, 1987). He is currently a senior
advisor to the Bank of Latvia. His latest publication is Economic
Systems in Historical Perspective(Kendall/Hunt Publ. Co.,
1997). George J. Viksnins was honored with the Walter Judd Freedom
Award in July 2002 by the Fund for American Studies. Other
recipients of this honor include President Reagan, Jack Kemp and Jeane
Kilpatrick. In May 2004 he was awarded the Order of the Three
Stars by the President of Lativa, Varra Vike-Freiberga. Photo of Prof. Viksnins and Dr. Arthur B. Laffer at the 1997 annual conference of the Association for Private Enterprise Education. Photo of "Uncle George" at "Uncle Joe's" birthplace Photo of Prof. Viksnins as a "flower child" (circa 1980).
Since 1992, I have spent most of my time on economic questions
involving
Latvia, especially in the area of monetary policy. Much of this written
material is in Latvian (only a couple in English). "The East Asian Model and the Baltic States." "Baltic Monetary Regimes in the XXIst Century" Reaganomics After Twenty Years The Baltics in World Statistics I'll be happy to send you copies of my working papers and published articles. Contact me. E-Mail: (click on this address to open mail dialogue box) Mailing address: Economics Department Georgetown University Washington, D.C. USA 20057-1036 phone: 202-687-5890; fax:202-687-6102 Phone/fax: department fax: 202-687-6102
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