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Emery Kay Hunt (born November 13, 1937), better known as E. K. Hunt or Kay Hunt, is an Emeritus Professor of Economics at the
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History

He was born in
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, the son of Emery Rulond Hunt (1914–1994) and Minerva Kartchner (b. 1917). He has one brother and four sisters. Hunt has two children, Jeff Hunt and Andrew Hunt. Andrew is a professor of history at the
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. E. K. Hunt received his bachelor's degree in 1961 and his Ph.D. in 1968 from the University of Utah. He has taught at five universities including the
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from 1969 to 1978, after which he joined the faculty at the University of Utah. From 1983 to 1989, he was chair of the
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Department of Economics.


First name

Genealogical sources give Hunt's first name as "Emery."
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gives Hunt's first name as "Emerson" for the March 1986 paperback edition of ''Economics: An Introduction to Traditional and Radical Views'' ().


See also

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Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...
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Bibliography

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Robert Pollin Robert Pollin (born September 29, 1950) is an American economist, and self described socialist. He is a professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and founding co-director of its Political Economy Research Institute (PERI ...
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Robert Pollin Robert Pollin (born September 29, 1950) is an American economist, and self described socialist. He is a professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and founding co-director of its Political Economy Research Institute (PERI ...
. Editions of this book prior to 2008 used the title ''Economics: an introduction to traditional and radical views'' * * * * Uma Introducao a Moderna Teoria Microeconomica by E. K. Hunt and H. J. Sherman (1977) * Macroeconomia – O Enfoque Tradicional by E. K. Hunt and Howard J. Sherman (1977) * Socialist Revolution No. 32 (Vol.7, No. 2) March – April, 1977 by E. K. Hunt. Et al. and Socialist Review Collective (1977) * * * * * An essay. * * * * * Foreword by
Robin Hahnel Robin Eric Hahnel (born March 25, 1946) is an American economist and professor emeritus of economics at American University. He was a professor at American University for many years and traveled extensively advising on economic matters all over t ...


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Thorstein Veblen: A Marxist Starting Point
a paper by Kirsten Ford and William McColloch. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hunt, E. K. 1937 births Living people University of Utah faculty Economists from Utah University of California, Riverside faculty University of Utah alumni People from San Juan County, Utah Economists from California