George Gerald Reisman (/ˈriːsmən/; born January 13, 1937)[1] is an American economist. He is Professor Emeritus of Economics at Pepperdine University and the author of The Government Against the Economy (1979),[2] which was praised by both F. A. Hayek and Henry Hazlitt, and Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics (1996).[3] He is known as an advocate of free market or laissez-faire capitalism.
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Born | (1937-01-13) January 13, 1937 (age 85) |
Nationality | American |
Field | Economics |
School or tradition | Objectivism Austrian School |
Doctoral advisor | Ludwig von Mises |
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Contributions | Primacy of profits, net consumption theory of profit, integration of Austrian and Classical Economics. |
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Theorists Ayn Rand Ayn Rand Institute Leonard Peikoff Allan Gotthelf · Harry Binswanger Onkar Ghate · Tara Smith Andrew Bernstein · Yaron Brook John Ridpath · Elan Journo Other David Kelley George Reisman · Tibor Machan Stephen Hicks · Nathaniel Branden · Alan Greenspan |
Literature Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal For the New Intellectual Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology The New Left Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand Philosophy: Who Needs It The Romantic Manifesto The Virtue of Selfishness Objectivist periodicals The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies The Fountainhead Atlas Shrugged |
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Reisman was born in New York City[1] and graduated from Columbia College in 1957.[4] He earned his PhD from New York University under the direction of Ludwig von Mises, whose methodological work The Epistemological Problems of Economics Reisman translated from the German original to English.
In the 1980s, with his wife, psychologist Edith Packer, he organized the Jefferson School of Philosophy, Economics, and Psychology, which held several conferences and seminars, the first being held at University of California, San Diego. Its lecturers included Leonard Peikoff, Edward Teller, Petr Beckmann, Hans Sennholz, Bernard Siegan, Anne Wortham, Robert Hessen, Allan Gotthelf, David Kelley, John Ridpath, Harry Binswanger, Edwin Locke, Walter E. Williams, Mary Ann Sures, Andrew Bernstein and Peter Schwartz. Attendees of these conferences include later Objectivist writers Tara Smith and Lindsay Perigo.[5]
Reisman was a student of Ayn Rand, whose influence on his thought and work he described as being as great as that of his mentor, Mises.[4]
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