High, Jack 1942-

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HIGH, Jack 1942-

(Jack C. High)

PERSONAL:

Born August 29, 1942, in Salt Lake City, UT; son of Jack (an administrator and manager) and Erma (a homemaker; maiden name, Muir) High; married Deanna LaValle; children: Elizabeth Scott. Ethnicity:"Caucasian." Education: University of Utah, B.A., 1972; University of CaliforniaLos Angeles, Ph.D., 1980. Politics: None.

ADDRESSES:

Office—George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER:

George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, began as assistant professor, became professor of economics and public policy, 1981—. Harvard University, visiting professor, 1993-94.

WRITINGS:

(Under name Jack C. High) Maximizing, Action, and Market Adjustment: An Inquiry into the Theory of Economic Disequilibrium, Philosophia Verlag (Munich, Germany), 1990.

Regulation: Theory and History, University of Michigan Press (Ann Arbor, MI), 1991.

(With Clayton A. Coppin) The Politics of Purity, University of Michigan Press (Ann Arbor, MI), 1999.

(Editor) Competition, Edward Elgar Publishing (Northampton, MA), 2001.

WORK IN PROGRESS:

Research on entrepreneurship and economic growth.

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