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Academic career

Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Marc Lavoie is a professor in the Department of Economics at the

, where he started teaching in 1979. He got his doctorate from the University of Paris-1. Besides having published nearly two hundred articles in refereed journals, he has written a number of books, among which are ''Post-Keynesian Economics: New Foundations'' (2014), ''Introduction to Post-Keynesian Economics'' (2006), translated into four languages, ''Foundations of Post-Keynesian Economic Analysis'' (1992), as well as ''Monetary Economics: An Integrated Approach to Money, Income, Production and Wealth'' (2007) with Wynne Godley. The latter deals with and employs in its analysis the stock/flow consistent method. With Mario Seccareccia, he has been the co-editor of three books, including one on the works of

Milton Friedman Milton Friedman (; July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006) was an American economist and statistician who received the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and the ...

, in addition to writing the first Canadian edition of the Baumol and Blinder first-year textbook (2009). Lavoie has been the associate editor of the ''Encyclopedia of Political Economy'' (1999), and he has been a visiting professor at the universities of

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, Paris-1 and

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, Australia. Lavoie is also an IMK Research Fellow at the Hans Böckler Foundation in Düsselforf and Policy Fellow at the Broadbent Institute in Toronto. He has lectured at post-Keynesian summer schools in

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Research interests

* Heterodox economic theories * Post-Keynesian theory * Growth *

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theory * Monetary theory and policy * Economics of sports (discrimination, ice hockey)

Athletic career

Lavoie won the Canadian national senior championship in sabre seven times, in 1975–1979 and 1985–1986. He also won the Canadian national junior championship twice, in 1973–1974, and was second at the under-15 French championships in 1969. He was on the Canadian national team from 1973 to 1984. He participated in the 1975, 1979 and 1983 Pan-American Games finishing fourth in the individual event in sabre in 1979. He also participated in the Commonwealth championships in 1974 (4th), 1978 (2nd) and 1982, and competed at the

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1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the sec ...

. Having been named Carleton University's Male Athlete of the Year in 1973-74 and again in 1974–75, on October 16, 2014, Lavoie was inducted into Carleton University's Athletic Hall of Fame He had previously been inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Fédération d’escrime du Québec. Marc Lavoie Fencing 1976

Los Angeles (1984)

* 7th – Team Men's Sabre

Montreal (1976)

* 30th – Individual Men's Sabre * 9th – Team Men's Sabre

Books

* M. Lavoie, Virginie Monvoisin and Jean-François Ponsot, L'économie post-keynésienne, Devoucerte-La, 2021, 127 pp. * M. Lavoie, Post-Keynesian Monetary Theory: Selected Essays, Edward Elgar, 2020, 416 pp. *M. Lavoie, Post-Keynesian Economics: New Foundations, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2014, 660 pp. * Wynne Godley and Marc Lavoie, 2007. ''Monetary Economics: An Integrated Approach to Credit, Money, Income, Production and Wealth'', Palgrave MacMillan.
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* W.J. Baumol, A.S. Blinder, M. Lavoie and M. Seccareccia, ''Macroeconomics: Principles and Policy'', Toronto, Nelson Education, 2009, 440 pp. * W.J. Baumol, A.S. Blinder, M. Lavoie and M. Seccareccia, ''Microeconomics: Principles and Policy'', Toronto, Nelson Education, 2009, 495 pp. * M. Lavoie, ''Introduction to Post-Keynesian Economics'', Palgrave/Macmillan, 2006, 150 pp. * M. Lavoie, ''La économia postkeynesiana'', Barcelona, Icaria editorial, 2005, 142 pp. (in Spanish) * M. Lavoie, ''L’Économie postkeynésienne'', Paris, La Découverte (Repères), 2004, 128 pp. (in French) * M. Lavoie, ''Avantage numérique'', Gatineau, Vents d'Ouest, 1997, 288 pp. (in French) * M. Lavoie, ''Désavantage numérique'', Gatineau, Vents d'Ouest, 1998, 168 pp. (in French) * M. Lavoie, ''Macroéconomie: théorie et controverses postkeynésiennes'', Dunod, Paris, 1987, 225 pp. (in French) * F. S. Lee and M. Lavoie (eds), ''In Defense of Post-Keynesian Economics and Heterodox Economics: Response to their Critics'', Routledge, London, 2013, 260 pp. * M. Lavoie and E. Stockhammer (eds), ''Wage-Led Growth: An Equitable Strategy for Economic Recovery'', International Labour Office - Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2013, 193 pp. * M. Lavoie and G. Zezza (eds), ''The Stock-Flow Consistent Approach: Selected Writings of Wynne Godley'', Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2012, 276 pp. * L.P. Rochon, M. Lavoie and M. Seccareccia (eds), ''Money and Macroeconomic Issues: Alfred Eichner and Post-Keynesian Economics'', M.E. Sharpe, Armonk (NJ), 2010, 250 pp. * M. Lavoie and M. Seccareccia, ''Central Banking in the Modern World: Alternative Perspectives'', Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, 2004, 296 pp. * M. Lavoie et M. Seccareccia (dir.), ''Milton Friedman et son oeuvre'', Presses de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, 1993, 230 pp. (in French)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lavoie, Marc 1954 births Living people Canadian economists Canadian male fencers Fencers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic fencers of Canada Sportspeople from Ottawa University of Ottawa faculty Pan American Games medalists in fencing