Nationality United States Name Sidney Weintraub | Died June 19, 1983 Children E. Roy Weintraub | |
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Born April 28, 1914 ( 1914-04-28 ) New York Institution University of Pennsylvania
New York University
London School of Economics School or tradition Post Keynesian economics Role Economist born 1914 died 1983 Education New York University, London School of Economics and Political Science Books An Approach to the The, Classical Keynesianism - Monetary, Our stagflation malaise, Forecasting the Price Level - Inc, Commentaries on Internatio | ||
Sidney Weintraub (; April 28, 1914 – June 19, 1983) was an American economist, one of the most prominent American members of the Post Keynesian economics school. He was the co-founder and co-editor of The Journal of Post Keynesian Economics (1978). His views included criticism of monetarism and the neoclassical synthesis, and promotion of the tax-based incomes policy (TIP).
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Biography
After a year at the London School of Economics in 1938–9, Weintraub received a Ph.D. from New York University in 1941, and worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York until 1943, when he was drafted into the U.S. Army. In 1945 he joined the faculty of St. John's University in Brooklyn, New York. In 1950 he joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania. In 1957 he was awarded a Ford Foundation fellowship to travel to Europe. In 1969–70 he taught at the University of Waterloo. In 1972–3 he wrote a weekly column for the Philadelphia Bulletin. During his career he gave over 500 guest lectures in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, and published 18 books, 80+ scholarly articles, and 50+ popular articles. His students include Paul Davidson.
In August 1940 he married Sheila Tarlow.
He is the father of the mathematical economist E. Roy Weintraub.