Marshall Goldman

Marshall Goldman
Born
Marshall Irwin Goldman

(1930-07-26)July 26, 1930
DiedAugust 2, 2017(2017-08-02) (aged 87)
NationalityAmerican
Academic career
InstitutionWellesley College
Alma materWharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Harvard University

Marshall Irwin Goldman (July 26, 1930 – August 2, 2017) was an American economist and writer. He was an expert on the economy of the former Soviet Union. Goldman was a professor of economics at Wellesley College and associate director of the Harvard Russian Research Center. Goldman received his Ph.D. in Russian studies from Harvard University in 1961. Goldman was well known for his study of the career of Mikhail Gorbachev. His books on the former Soviet Union include The USSR in Crisis: The Failure of an Economic System, Lost Opportunity: What Has Made Economic Reform in Russia So Difficult, and Petrostate.