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

Levy holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Williams College and a Master's degree in Business Administration from Columbia University.

Career

Levy 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

Levy 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

  1. ↑ Keynote Speakers Bureau. "David Levy, Economist and Speaker". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
  2. ↑ Strauss, Lawrence. "No Doom, Just Gloom".
  3. ↑ "David A. Levy".
  4. ↑ "Report of the President's Commission to Study Capital Budgeting". Archived from the original on 2001-07-26. Retrieved 2012-05-02.
  5. ↑ Congressional Record. "103rd Congress". Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  6. 1 2 Levy, Jay; Jay Levy, S.; Levy, David A. (1984). Profits and the Future of American Society. New American Library. ISBN 0451622901.
  7. ↑ "Jay Levy, Part of 'Dynasty' That Forecast 2008 Crash, Dies at 90". Bloomberg.com. 8 October 2012.
  8. ↑ http://levyforecast.com/jlwp/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2010/12/Uncle-Sam-Wont-Go-Broke.pdf


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