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Murray Weidenbaum | |
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12th Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers | |
In office February 27, 1981 – August 25, 1982 | |
President | Ronald Reagan |
Preceded by | Charles Schultze |
Succeeded by | Marty Feldstein |
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy | |
In office June 23, 1969 – August 13, 1971 | |
President | Richard Nixon |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Edgar Fiedler |
Personal details | |
Born | New York City, New York, U.S. | February 10, 1927
Died | March 20, 2014 Clayton, Missouri, U.S. | (aged 87)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Phyllis Green |
Children | 3 |
Education | City University of New York, City College (BBA) Columbia University (MA) Princeton University (PhD) |
Murray Lew Weidenbaum (February 10, 1927 – March 20, 2014), was an American economist and author. He was the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor and Honorary Chairman of the Murray Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy at Washington University in St. Louis. He has served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy (1969–1971). He was chairman of President Ronald Reagan's first Council of Economic Advisors from 1981 to 1982.
Biography
Weidenbaum was born to a Jewish family in the Bronx.[1] He received a B.B.A. from City College of New York, an M.A. from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. from Princeton University with thesis titled Government Spending: Process and Measurement.[2] He became a faculty member at Washington University in St. Louis in 1964 and was chair of the economics department from 1966 to 1969. In 1975 he helped found the Center for the Study of American Business at Washington University, which was later renamed the Weidenbaum Center in his honor.
Weidenbaum did extensive research on the role of the bamboo network in Southeast Asia. He explores the topic in his book The Bamboo Network: How Expatriate Chinese Entrepreneurs are Creating a New Economic Superpower in Asia.[3]
Weidenbaum died on March 20, 2014, at his home in Clayton, Missouri, at 87.[4]
References
- ^ Sorin, Gerald (March 11, 1997). Tradition Transformed: The Jewish Experience in America (The American Moment). p. 219. ISBN 9780801854460.
- ^ Weidenbaum, M. L. (1959). "Government Spending: Process and Measurement". The Journal of Finance. 14: 101. doi:10.1111/j.1540-6261.1959.tb00501.x.
- ^ Murray L Weidenbaum (1 January 1996). The Bamboo Network: How Expatriate Chinese Entrepreneurs are Creating a New Economic Superpower in Asia. Martin Kessler Books, Free Press. ISBN 978-0-684-82289-1.
- ^ "Economist and presidential advisor Murray Weidenbaum dies at 87". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. March 21, 2014.
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External links
- Murray Weidenbaum biography via Washington University in St. Louis
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- http://www.oac.cdlib.org/data/13030/5j/kt1000345j/files/kt1000345j.pdf
- http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/26682.aspx
- Murray Weidenbaum at Find a Grave
- 1927 births
- 2014 deaths
- American economists
- Bamboo network
- City College of New York alumni
- Columbia University alumni
- Jewish American writers
- Princeton University alumni
- Reagan administration cabinet members
- United States Assistant Secretaries of the Treasury
- United States Council of Economic Advisers
- Washington University in St. Louis faculty
- Writers from New York City