Joshua S. Goldstein (born December 27, 1952) is professor ''emeritus'' of

international relations International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such as ...

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. He graduated with a BA from

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in 1981 and earned his doctorate at

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1986. He was appointed professor in 1993. He was on the faculty at the

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and

and was a research scholar in political science at

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, Amherst. In 1993, he founded the Bosnia Support Committee, which he chaired for two years.

Selected publications

* This book exams the causes of the

Kondratiev Wave In economics, Kondratiev waves (also called supercycles, great surges, long waves, K-waves or the long economic cycle) are hypothesized cycle-like phenomena in the modern world economy. The phenomenon is closely connected with the technology li ...

, identifying production, prices, war, innovation, investment and real wages as factors. Goldstein returned to this subject in 2005 in a paper, "Predictive power of long wave theory, 1989-2004". * * * *

References

External links

Official website
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