David Levy (economist)

David A. Levy is an American economist^[1]^[2] and author. He is chairman of the Jerome Levy Forecasting Center LLC,^[3] an economic consultancy.

Education

Levy holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Williams College and a Master's degree in Business Administration from Columbia University.

Career

Levy was appointed by President Clinton to the Commission to Study Capital Budgeting in 1997^[4] and served on the federal government’s Competitive Policy Council Infrastructure Subcouncil. He has given briefings and testimony to members of Congress.^[5]

Publications

Levy is the coauthor, with Jay Levy, of Profits and the Future of American Society, published by HarperCollins in 1983.^[6] Forbes magazine praised the book for explaining "why squeezing business profits for the alleged benefit of the poor or of the working man is a self-defeating exercise. It leads not to the satisfaction of human needs but to inflation and unemployment."^[7]

Uncle Sam Won’t Go Broke - The Misguided Sovereign Debt Hysteria (2010), co-author Srinivas Thiruvadanthai, The Jerome Levy Forecasting Center^[8]
Profits and the Future of American Society, (1983), HarperCollins^[6]

References

^ Keynote Speakers Bureau. "David Levy, Economist and Speaker". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
^ Strauss, Lawrence. "No Doom, Just Gloom".
^ "David A. Levy".
^ "Report of the President's Commission to Study Capital Budgeting". Archived from the original on 2001-07-26. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
^ Congressional Record. "103rd Congress". Retrieved 31 January 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b Levy, Jay; Jay Levy, S.; Levy, David A. (1984). Profits and the Future of American Society. New American Library. ISBN 0451622901.
^ "Jay Levy, Part of 'Dynasty' That Forecast 2008 Crash, Dies at 90". Bloomberg.com. 8 October 2012.
^ http://levyforecast.com/jlwp/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2010/12/Uncle-Sam-Wont-Go-Broke.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

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[1] Keynote Speakers Bureau. "David Levy, Economist and Speaker". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-01-31.

[2] Strauss, Lawrence. "No Doom, Just Gloom".

[3] "David A. Levy".

[4] "Report of the President's Commission to Study Capital Budgeting". Archived from the original on 2001-07-26. Retrieved 2012-05-02.

[5] Congressional Record. "103rd Congress". Retrieved 31 January 2013.^{[permanent dead link]}

[harper-6] Levy, Jay; Jay Levy, S.; Levy, David A. (1984). Profits and the Future of American Society. New American Library. ISBN 0451622901.

[7] "Jay Levy, Part of 'Dynasty' That Forecast 2008 Crash, Dies at 90". Bloomberg.com. 8 October 2012.

[8] ttp://levyforecast.com/jlwp/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2010/12/Uncle-Sam-Wont-Go-Broke.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

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