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
editLevy holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Williams College and a Master's degree in Business Administration from Columbia University.
Career
editLevy 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
editLevy 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Levy, David A.; Thiruvadanthai, Srinivas. "Uncle Sam Won't Go Broke: The Misguided Sovereign Debt Hysteria" (PDF). www.levyforecast.com. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
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