EDUCATION
Ph.D. University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Department of Economics, September 1982
B.S. Stanford University
Mathematics Major, June 1968
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1989-Present Mount Holyoke College, Professor
Courses: History of Economic Thought, Marxian Economic Theory
U.S. Economic History, Principles of Macroeconomics
1995-1997 Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Course: Current Issues in Political Economy, Marxian Economics
1982-1989 Colby College, Dana Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor
Courses: Comparative Economic Systems, History of Economic
Thought, U.S. Economic History, Business Cycles
in U.S. History, Principles of Macroeconomics
1977-1982 University of Massachusetts-Boston, Lecturer
Courses: Marxian Economic Theory, Intermediate Macroeconomic
Theory, History of Economic Thought
Introduction to Macroeconomics
1977-1979 Institute of Labor Affairs, University of Massachusetts, Instructor
Course: Current Problems in the U.S. Economy
1979, Spring Tufts University, Lecturer
Courses: Marxian Economic Theory, Principles of Macroeconomics
1976-1977 University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Instructor
Course: Principles of Macroeconomics
1974-1976 University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Teaching Assistant
Course: Principles of Macroeconomics
BOOKS
The Imperiled Economy (co-editor with Robert Cherry, et al.).
New York: Union for Radical Political Economics, 1988.
International Perspectives on Profitability and Accumulation (co-editor with Edward Wolff).
Brookfield VT: Edward Elgar, 1991.
The Falling Rate of Profit in the Postwar United States Economy.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.
Marx's Method in 'Capital: A Reexamination (editor).
New Jersey: Humanities Press, 1993.
Heterodox Economic Theories: True or False? (editor).
Brookfield VT: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1995.
New Investigations of Marx's Method (co-editor).
New Jersey: Humanities Press, 1997.
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES
"Marx's Concepts of Productive Labor and Unproductive Labor: An Application to the Postwar U.S. Economy," Eastern Economic Journal, July-September 1983.
"The Rate of Surplus-Value in the Postwar U.S. Economy: A Critique of Weisskopf's Estimates," Cambridge Journal of Economics, March 1985.
"Can the Social Model of Productivity Stand Scrutiny?," Challenge, May-June 1985.
"Estimates of the Rate of Surplus-Value in the United States: 1947-1977," Review of Radical Political Economics, Spring-Summer 1986.
"The Intensity of Labor and the Productivity Slowdown," Science and Society, Summer 1986.
"The Profit Share and the Rate of Surplus-Value in the United States 1975-1985," Cambridge Journal of Economics, December 1987.
"The Rate of Surplus-Value, the Organic Composition, and the General Rate of Profit in the U.S. Economy, 1947-67: A Critique and Update of Wolff's Estimates," American Economic Review, March 1988.
"Causes of the Increase of Unproductive Labor in the Postwar U.S. Economy," Review of Radical Political Economics, Spring-Summer 1988.
"The Decline of the Rate of Profit in the Postwar U.S. Economy: Regulation and Marxian Explanations," International Journal of Political Economy, Spring 1989.
"The Decline of the Rate of Profit in the Postwar U.S. Economy: A Marxian Explanation," Review of Radical Political Economics, Summer-Fall 1990.
"Emphasizing Controversy in the Economics Curriculum," Journal of Economics Education, Summer 1991.
"La Economia de los Estados Unidos en la Posguerra y La Teoria de la Crises," Investagaciones Economia, Feb-Mar 1992.
"The Decline of the Rate of Profit in the Postwar US Economy: Is the Crisis Over?" Capital and Class, Autumn 1992.
"Unproductive Labor and the Rate of Profit: A Reply to Laibman," Science and Society, Spring 1994.
REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES (Cont'd)
"Marx's Economic Theory: True or False? A Marxian Response to Blaug's Appraisal," (translated into Swedish), Haften fur Kristiska Studier (Review of Critical Studies), Spring 1994.
"Unproductive Labor and Causes of the Decline in the Rate of Profit: A Reply to Cullenberg's Comment," Review of Radical Political Economics, Summer 1994.
"Capital in General and Marx's Logical Method: A Response to Heinrich's Critique, Capital and Class, No. 55, Summer 1995.
The Rate of Profit and the Future of Capitalism," Review of Radical Political Economics, December 1997.
The Rate of Profit and Economic Stagnation in the United States," Historical Materialism, Autumn, 1997.
"El Metodo Logico de Marx y el Problema de la Transformacion," Economia: Teoria y Practica, September 1997.
"A Teoria Económia de Marx: Verdedeira on Falsa? Uma Resposta Marxiana ‘Analise de Blaug,’" Revista ANPEL, 1998, num. 4 (Portuguese)
"The ‘New Solution’ to the Transformation Problem: A Sympathetic Critique, Review of Radical Political Economics, forthcoming.
"The U.S. Economy at the Turn of the Century," Capital and Class, forthcoming
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
"Marxian Crisis Theory and the Postwar U.S. Economy," in Cherry, et al. (eds.), The Imperiled Economy: Macroeconomics from a Left Perspective, Book 1, 1988.
"Il Declino del Saggio del Profitto Nell' Economica USA del dopoguerra: Una Spiegazione Marxiana," in Prezzi, Valori, e Saggio del Profitto, Paolo Giussani (ed.), Centro Studi di Economica Politica, 1989.
"Unproductive Labor and the Rate of Profit in the Postwar US Economy," in Moseley and Wolff (eds.), International Perspectives on Profitability and Accumulation, Edward Elgar, 1992.
"Alternative Theories in the Teaching of Economics," in D. Colander (ed.), Educating Economists, University of Michigan Press, 1992.
"Marx's Logical Method and the Transformation Problem," in Moseley (ed.), Marx's Method in 'Capital': A Reexamination, Humanities Press, 1993.
"Marx's Economic Theory: True or False? A Marxian Response to Blaug's Appraisal," in Moseley (ed.), Heterodox Economic Theories: True or False?, Edward Elgar, 1995.
"The Development of Marx's Theory of the Distribution of Surplus-Value: in Moseley and Mattick (eds.), New Investigations of Marx's Method, Humanities Press, 1997.
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CHAPTERS IN BOOKS (Continued)
"Marx's Logic in Capital and the Transformation Problem," in Bellofiore (ed.), Marxian Economics: A Reappraisal, Macmillan Press, 1996.
"Marx's Reproduction Tables and Smith's Dogma," in G. Reuten and C. Arthur (eds.), The Circulation of Capital: Essays on Volume 2 of Marx’s Capital, Macmillan Press, 1999.
"The Return to Marx: Advance or Retreat," in A. Freeman (ed.), New Directions in Marxian Economics, Edward Elgar, forthcoming.
EDITOR INTRODUCTIONS
"Value, Accumulation, and Crisis," International Journal of Political Economy (Special Issue),
Spring 1987.
"The Current Economic Crisis," International Journal of Political Economy (Special Issue),
Summer 1988.
"Declining Profitability and the Current Crisis," International Journal of Political Economy
(Special Issue), Spring 1989.
"Dussel’s ‘Four Drafts of Capital’," Rethinking Marxism, forthcoming.
ENCYCLOPEDIA CONTRIBUTIONS
Encyclopedia of Business Cycles, David Glasner (ed.), Garland Press (forthcoming).
"Karl Marx"
"Marxian Empirical Research"
"The Economic Crisis of the 1780s"
"The Depression of the 1870s"
Elgar Encyclopedia of Classical Economics, H. Kurz and N. Salvadori (eds.),
Edward Elgar 1998
"Abstract Labor"
"Falling Rate of Profit"
BOOK REVIEWS
Review of Understanding Capital, Foley, D., Review of Radical Political Economics,
Spring-Summer 1989.
Review of Quantitative Marxism, Dunne, P. (ed.), Capital and Class, No. 53, Summer 1994.
Review of Measuring the Wealth of Nations, Shaikh, A., and A. Tonak, Journal of Economic
Literature, Spring-Summer, March 1995.
Review of The End of Economics, Perelman, M, Journal of Economic Literature, March 1998.
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CONFERENCE PAPER PRESENTATIONS
"The Rate of Surplus-Value in the United States, 1947-1977," ASSA Annual Convention (URPE Session), December 1981.
"Marxist Empirical Research and the NIPA's," ASSA Annual Convention (URPE Session), December 1982.
"Marx's Concepts of Productive Labor and Unproductive Labor: An Application to the Postwar U.S. Economy," Eastern Economics Association Annual Convention, March 1983.
"The Rate of Surplus-Value in the Postwar U.S. Economy: A Critique of Weisskopf's Estimates," ASSA Annual Convention (URPE Session), December 1984.
"A Critique of the Empirical Analysis in Beyond the Waste Land," Eastern Economics Association Annual Convention, March 1984.
"Measuring the Intensity of Labor," ASSA Annual Convention (URPE Session), December 1984.
"The Composition of Capital in the Postwar U.S. Economy," ASSA Annual Convention (URPE Session), December 1985.
"Marxian Theory and the Postwar U.S. Economy: A Critique of Wolff's Estimates," ASSA Annual Convention (URPE Session), December 1986.
"The Decline of the Rate of Profit in the Postwar U.S. Economy: A Marxian Explanation," ASSA Annual Convention (AEA Session), December 1987.
"The Decline in the Rate of Profit in the Postwar U.S. Economy: Regulation and Marxian Explanations," International Conference on Regulation Theory, Barcelona, Spain, June 1988.
"Unproductive Labor and the Rate of Profit in the Postwar U.S. Economy," Conference on International Perspectives on Profitability and Accumulation, New York University, September 1988.
"The Increase of Unproductive Labor in the Postwar U.S. Economy: Causes and Effects," ASSA Annual Convention (URPE Session), December 1988.
"Comparing Different Radical Theories of the Decline of the Rate of Profit in the Postwar U.S. Economy," Marxism Now Conference, University of Massachusetts, November 1989; ASSA Annual Convention (URPE Session), December 1989; and URPE Summer Conference, August 1990.
"The Decline of the Rate of Profit in the Postwar U.S. Economy: Is the Crisis Over?" "After the Crisis" Conference, University of Amsterdam, April 1990.
"Marx's Logical Method and the Transformation Problem," ASSA Annual Convention (URPE Session), December 1990; Mount Holyoke Conference on Marxian Economics, June 1991; and Eastern Economic Association Meetings, March 1994.
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CONFERENCE PAPER PRESENTATIONS (Cont'd.)
"Marx's Economic Theory: True or False? A Marxian Response to Blaug's Appraisal," Mount Holyoke Conference on Marxian Economics, June 1992; and ASSA Annual Convention (History of Economics Session), January 1993.
"Explanatory Progress in Economics? A Marxian Response to Hausman's Appraisal," Mount Holyoke Conference on Marxian Economics, June 1993; ASSA Annual Convention, January 1994; and History of Economics Society Convention, June 1994.
"Future Directions for Economic Methodology: A Heterodox Perspective," History of Economics Society Convention, June 1994.
"Marx's Logic and the Transformation Problem," International Conference on Volume 3 of Capital, Bergamo Italy, December 1994.
"Marx's Concept of 'Capital in General'," Mount Holyoke Conference on Marxian Economics, June 1994; and ASSA Annual Convention, January 1995.
"The Development of Marx's Theory of the Distribution of Surplus-Value," International Symposium on Marxian Theory, June 1995.
"Marx's Reproduction Tables and Smith's Dogma," International Symposium on Marxian Theory, June 1995.
"The Return to Marx: Advance or Retreat," Eastern Economic Association, March 1996
"Hostile Brothers: Marx's Theory of the Distribution of Surplus-value," International Symposium on Marxian Theory, June 1996.
"The Rate of Profit in Mexico, 1950-1955,"
American Economic Association Annual Convention, Chicago, January 1998
Eastern Economic Association Annual Convention New York, March 1998
International Conference on "Marxian Perspectives on Contemporary Trends in the
World Economy," Bergamo, Italy, June 1998
SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS
"Are We Headed for Another Depression?" Boston University, Economics Society, March 1981.
"The Concepts of Productive Labor and Unproductive Labor in the History of Economic Thought," Merrimack College, April 1982.
"The Effects of the Current Economic Crisis on Poor Families," Wheelock College, February 1983.
"Estimates of the Rate of Surplus-Value in the Postwar U.S. Economy," Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Seminar Series, December 1983.
"Empirical Analysis in Beyond the Waste Land," University of New Hampshire Political Economy Workshop, October 1984.
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SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS (Continued)
"Marxian Crisis Theory and the Postwar U.S. Economy," Institut de Sciences Mathematiques et Economiques Appliques, Paris; Centre D-Etudes Prospectives D'Econnomie Appliques a la Planification, Paris; Centro Studie di Economia Politica, Milan and University of Massachusetts-Amherst, all April 1987.
"The Decline of the Rate of Profit in the Postwar U.S. Economy: A Marxian Explanation," Harvard University, October 1987 and University of New Hampshire, April 1988.
"The Decline of the Rate of Profit in the Postwar U.S. Economy: Regulation and Marxian Explanations," University of Milan, Universite Catholique de Louvain (Belgium) Tilberg University (Holland), University of Amsterdam, all March 1988, and University of Rome, June 1988.
"How Decide Between Competing Theories of the Decline of the Rate of Profit in the Postwar U.S. Economy," Harvard University, Kress Society, May 1990.
"Financial Fragility and the Risk of Financial Crisis" Pioneer Valley URPE Seminar, February 1992.
"Marx’s Logical Method and the Transformation Problem," University of Massachusetts, February 1998.
INVITED LECTURES
"Economic Prospects of the 1980's," National Lawyers Guild Convention, Boston, August 1980.
"Reagan's Economic Policies: Lunging for the Brass Ring," Kennedy Library Lecture Series, Boston, November 1982.
"A Marxian Analysis of the Current Economic Crisis," Bennington College, Bennington, December 1983.
"Are We Headed for Another Depression?", Cambridge Political Economy Forum, May 1986.
"The Rise and Fall of the Dollar," Mount Holyoke College, March 1986.
"A Marxian Analysis of the Current Economic Crisis, Centro Studi di Economica Politica, Milan, Italy, April 1987.
At the National Autonomous University of Mexico, March, 1992:
"An Empirical Test of Marx's Theory of the Falling Rate of Profit"
"A Marxian Explanation of the Decline in the Conventional Rate of Profit"
"The Limits of Government Economic Policies"
At the National Autonomous University of Mexico, March, 1993:
"Marx's Logical Method and the Transformation Problem"
"Marx's Economic Theory: True or False?"
"The Historical Development of Marxian Economic Theory"
"A Marxian Analysis of the Current Economic Crisis"
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INVITED LECTURES (Continued)
"An Empirical Appraisal of Marxian Economic Theory," Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana (Xochimilco), November 1995.
"A Response to Blaug's Empirical Appraisal of Marxian Economic Theory," University of Amsterdam, June 1996.
"The Rate of Profit in Mexico, 1950-1955," Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, December 1997.
"Marx’s Economic Theory, True or False? A Marxian Response to Blaug’s Appraisal," Sociedad de Economia Politica, Recife Brazil, December 1997.
INVITED CONFERENCE PARTICIPANT
NATO Economics Colloquium on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, Brussels, Belgium, March 1985-1988.
Conference on Teaching Principles of Economics, sponsored by the Journal of Economic Education, Indianapolis, September 1987.
Conference on Current Research in Political Economy, sponsored by the Levy Institute at Bard College, June 1988.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
1984-present Editorial Board
Review of Radical Political Economics
1986-present Book Review Editor,
Review of Radical Political Economics
1986-present Editorial Board
International Journal of Political Economy
Referee
American Economic Review
Cambridge Journal of Economics
Eastern Economic Journal
Journal of Economic Education
National Science Foundation
Philosophical Forum
Review of Political Economy
Research in Political Economy
Humanities Press
Rowman-Littlefield Publishers
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COLLEGE SERVICE
1989-present Mount Holyoke College
Chair, Department of Economics
Academic Policy Committee (Chair, 1993-94)
Planning and Budget Committee
Chair, Subcommittee on the Village Commons
American Studies Committee
Critical Social Thought Committee (Chair, 1993)
Library Liaison, Economics Department
Search Committee for a College Librarian
1982-1989 Colby College
Educational Policy Committee
Curriculum Committee, Economics Department
American Studies, Advisory Committee
Affirmative Action Committee
Library Committee
Bookstore Committee
Truman Scholarship Representative
Assistant Squash Coach
1977-1982 University of Massachusetts-Boston
Faculty Senate Representative
Curriculum Committee, Economics Department
Economics Society Advisor
Labor Studies Advisory Committee
PRIMARY FIELDS
Marxian Economic Theory
History of Economic Thought
Macroeconomic Theory
U.S. Economic History
Business Cycles
Comparative Economic Systems
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Economic Association
Union of Radical Political Economics
History of Economics Society
Association for Comparative Economic Studies
Economic History Association
HONORS AND AWARDS
Distinguished Teaching Assistant, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1974-75
and 1975-76.
Deans' List of Academic Excellence, Stanford University, 1965-68.
State of Oregon Scholarship for Distinguished Students, 1964-68.
Scholar-Athlete Award, Metropolitan League, Portland, Oregon, 1964.
Valedictorian, David Douglas High School, Portland, Oregon, 1964.