Weidenbaum, Murray

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WEIDENBAUM, Murray

WEIDENBAUM, Murray. American, b. 1927. Genres: Business/Trade/ Industry, Economics, Politics/Government. Career: Washington University, St. Louis, MO, associate professor, 1964-66, chairman, Dept. of Economics, 1966-69, Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor, 1971-, director of Center for the Study of American Business, 1975-2001, honorary chairman of the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government and Public Policy, 2001-. Assistant secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy, 1969-71; chairman, U.S. Council of Economic Advisers, 1981-82. Publications: The Military Market, 1963; Federal Budgeting, 1964; Economic Impact of the Vietnam War, 1967; Prospects for Reallocating Public Resources, 1967; The Modern Public Sector, 1969; The Defense Budget, 1972; Fiscal Responsibility, 1973; Matching Needs and Resources, 1973; Political Economy of the Military-Industrial Complex, 1973; Economics of Peacetime Defense, 1974; Government Mandated Price Increases, 1975; The Future of Business Regulation, 1979; (co-ed.) Two Revolutions in Economic Policy, 1988; (co-ed.) Public Policy toward Corporate Takeovers, 1988; Rendezvous with Reality, 1988; Small Wars, Big Defense, 1992; (with others) When Businesses Cross International Borders, 1993; (with others) Bamboo Network, 1996; Business and Government in the Global Marketplace, 6th ed., 1999. Address: Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government & Public Policy, Washington University, Campus Box 1027, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899, U.S.A.

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