David Levy (economist)

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]

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