Robert Lekachman

Robert Lekachman (1920 – January 14, 1989)[1] was an economist known for his extensive advocacy of state intervention, and for a debating style characterized by slow, sing-song speech and circumlocution.

He was Distinguished Professor of Economics at Lehman College in the City University of New York. He received both his A.B. and Ph.D. from Columbia University.

Lekachman was also noted for an interpretation of Keynes's General Theory that made central its rejection of Say's Law (in favor of Walras' law).

Lekachman identified as a socialist.[2]

He died at his Manhattan home of liver cancer, survived by his wife Eva, who donated his papers in 1995.

Selected publications

References

  1. Fowler, Glenn (January 16, 1989). "Robert Lekachman Is Dead at 68; Teacher and Writer of Economics". The New York Times. Retrieved December 26, 2008.
  2. Video on YouTube