Ernest Henry Preeg (5 July 1934 – 5 April 2017) was an American
economist
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from
Virginia
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. He holds a
B.S.
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in
Marine Transportation
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from
State University of New York Maritime College
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, an
M.A.
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and
Ph.D.
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in Economics from
The New School of Social Research
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in
New York City
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. He has served as
U.S. Ambassador to
Haiti from 1981 to 1983. He was a Senior Fellow with the Manufacturers Alliance (MAPI). Later, he gave testimony to Congress and the U.S. China Security Review Commission on manipulation of U.S. currency by
China and
Japan. In 2008, he presented at the Alfred P. Sloan Industry Studies Conference: Innovation in Global Industries.
Biography
He has served in numerous academic and government positions including Senior Economic Advisory for the
Philippines
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* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
, Executive Director of the Economic Policy Group for the
White House
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Staff, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Finance and Development, Director for the Office of European Communities and OECD Affairs. He has published numerous books and articles on international trade and economics. In 2008 he published India and China: An Advanced Technology Race and How the United States Should Respond.
References
External links
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2001 U.S. government hearings, Ernest H. Preeg Biography
* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20061128050643/http://mapi.net/index.cfm Manufacturers Alliance (MAPI)br>New School of Social Research
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Economists from New York (state)
Ambassadors of the United States to Haiti
1934 births
2017 deaths
The New School alumni
State University of New York Maritime College alumni
20th-century American diplomats