George Gerald Reisman | |
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| Born | January 13, 1937 |
| Nationality | American |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Economics |
| School or tradition | Objectivism Austrian School |
| Doctoral advisor | Ludwig von Mises |
| Influences | |
| Contributions | Primacy of profits, net consumption theory of profit, integration of Austrian and Classical Economics. |
| Objectivist movement |
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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.
- ^ "George Gerald Reisman" (2002), Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, Retrieved on January 18, 2007.
- ^ Reisman, George (1979). The Government Against the Economy: The Story of the U.S. Government's On-going Destruction of the American Economic System Through Price Controls. Ottawa, Ill.: Caroline House Publishers. ISBN 0-89803-004-8. OCLC 5908227.
- ^ Reisman, George. (1996). Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics. Ottawa, Ill.: Jameson Books. ISBN 0-915463-73-3. OCLC 36200484.