doi:10.7916/d8-w4jp-rp82Oral history interview with Jack I. Stone, 2002Stone, Jack Ioral historiessound recordingssound recording - nonmusicalLandlocked statesInternational economic relationsDepressions--1929Developing countries Economic conditionsStone, Jack IUnited Nations Officials and employeesUnited Nations HistoryUnited Nations Conference on Trade and DevelopmentUnited States. Agency for International DevelopmentBackground and childhood: born St. Paul, Minnesota, 1920, parents emigrated from Lithuania, relocated to Seattle, Washington; education: high school in Kansas City, Missouri, Junior College of Kansas City, B.A., Political Science University of Chicago, 1939-1941, Ph.D., Economics, Littauer School, Harvard University 1954-1959; career: Cook County Civil Service Commission Project, Social Security Administration in Chicago, 1941; Illinois Post-War Planning Commission; Federal Security Agency of Chicago, US military analyst, Berlin, 1946-1949 and Frankfurt, Germany, 1949-1951; analyst for Marshall Plan, Frankfurt, 1949-1951 and Bonn, Germany, 1951-1954, analyst for Fomento Economica, 1959-1960, Puerto Rico, analyst, Social Research Incorporated [SRI] 1959-1960, Puerto Rico; professor, University of Minnesota; North Star Research and Development Institute, 1963, Minnesota; senior economist and author of "Loan Terms, Debt Burden, and Development", US Agency for International Development [USAID], 1963-1966, Washington, D.C., Head of Financial Policies Division, Organization of Economic Co-Operation and Development [OECD], Paris; director of research, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development [UNCTAD], 1970-1977, Geneva, Director of Special Program on Least Developed, Land-Locked and Island Developing Countries UNCTAD, 1977-1981, Geneva; personal: account of Great Depression, account of post-war Germany, international relations and politics, focus on least-developed nations