David Laibman (born December 25, 1942) is Professor Emeritus of

Economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...

at Brooklyn College and the

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, City University of New York. He received a Ph.D. in Economics in 1973 at the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research in New York. His dissertation, ''The Invariance Condition for Value-Price Transformation in a Linear, Non-Decomposable Two-Sector Model'', dealt with problems in Marxist value theory. Laibman teaches

economic theory Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...

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, and mathematical economics, at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels at CUNY. He is the Editor of ''

Science & Society ''Science & Society: A Journal of Marxist Thought and Analysis'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal of Marxist scholarship. It covers economics, philosophy of science, historiography, women's studies, literature, the arts, and other social sci ...

'', a quarterly Marxist journal founded in 1936. He is also a fingerstyle guitarist, especially its application to the

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music of the early twentieth century. With Eric Schoenberg, Laibman recorded ''The New Ragtime Guitar'' for Folkways Records in 1970. His solo album, ''Classical Ragtime Guitar'', was released by '' Rounder Records'' in 1980. Laibman has worked with a variety of artists in the early folk world, using his advanced finger picking technique. One notable album is ''Way Out West'' by Scottish folk singer Alex Campbell, in 1963. Of note is the track "Orange Blossom Special" which showcases the talent that Laibman was developing. He issued a DVD, ''Guitar Artistry of David Laibman''.

Published works

Laibman is the author of five books: *''Value, Technical Change and Crisis: Explorations in Marxist Economic Theory'' (1992) *''Capitalist Macrodynamics: A Systematic Introduction'' (1997) *''Deep History: A Study in Social Evolution and Human Potential'' (2007) *''Political Economy After Economics: Scientific Method and Radical Imagination'' (2012) *''Passion and Patience: Society, History, and Revolutionary Vision'' (2015)

References

External links

''David Laibman's official website'' (archived copy)''The New Ragtime Guitar'' Album Details
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