- George Reisman
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school_tradition =Austrian School
ObjectivismClassical economics
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name = George Gerald Reisman
birth = birth date|1937|1|13New York City ,New York
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nationality = American
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influences =Adam Smith ,David Ricardo ,James Mill ,John Stuart Mill ,Carl Menger ,Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk ,Ludwig von Mises ,Ayn Rand ,Frédéric Bastiat ,Henry Hazlitt ,Murray Rothbard
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contributions = Primacy of profits, net consumption theory of profitGeorge Gerald Reisman (born
January 13 1937 )"George Gerald Reisman" (2002). "Contemporary Authors Online". Gale. Retrieved onJanuary 18 ,2007 .] is Professor Emeritus ofEconomics atPepperdine University and author of "" (1996). [Ottawa, IL: Jameson Books. ISBN 0-915463-73-3.] He is also the author of an earlier book, "The Government Against the Economy" (1979), contents of which are mostly subsumed in "Capitalism". Reisman was born inNew York City and earned his Ph.D. fromNew York University under the direction ofLudwig von Mises . He is an outspoken advocate offree market or "laissez-faire "capitalism .In "Capitalism", Reisman seeks to achieve a
synthesis of the British Classical and Austrian Schools of Economics, uniting the doctrines ofAdam Smith ,David Ricardo ,James Mill , andJohn Stuart Mill with those ofCarl Menger ,Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk , andLudwig von Mises .Reisman was an acquaintance of
Ayn Rand , whose influence on his thought and work is at least as great as that of his mentor Mises. He identifies himself as an Objectivist, though he is no longer affiliated with theAyn Rand Institute due to a falling out with some of its senior members, particularlyHarry Binswanger and Peter Schwartz. []References
External links
* [http://www.capitalism.net Dr. Reisman's website]
* [http://www.georgereisman.com/blog/ George Reisman's Blog on Economics, Politics, Society, and Culture]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20060531150909/http://bschool.pepperdine.edu/programs/faculty/vitae.html?Name=Reisman,+G. Reisman's Curriculum Vitae] ;Archives
* [http://blog.mises.org/archives/authors.asp#Reisman Reisman archive at Mises.org]
* [http://www.lewrockwell.com/reisman/reisman-arch.html Reisman archive at LewRockwell.com]
* [http://www.fmnn.com/Writers-Archive.asp?wid=158&ncat=ema Reisman archive at Free Market News Network]
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