Michael Szenberg (born 1934) is a professor emeritus and a former Chairman of the Finance and Economics department at Lubin School of Business in

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, New York. He is the author and editor of 22 books on economics, and was the editor of ''The American Economist'' published by

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Life and career

Michael Szenberg was born April 8, 1934 in

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. He graduated from

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in 1963 and received his PhD in

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from the

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in 1970. He graduated from the

Israeli Air Force The Israeli Air Force (IAF; he, זְרוֹעַ הָאֲוִיר וְהֶחָלָל, Zroa HaAvir VeHahalal, tl, "Air and Space Arm", commonly known as , ''Kheil HaAvir'', "Air Corps") operates as the aerial warfare branch of the Israel Defense ...

Aeronautics School. He served as the editor-in-chief of

's ''The American Economist'' from 1972 to 2011, was editor of ''Economics Categories'' and the ''Cambridge University Press Encyclopedia'', and from 1984 to 2011 was the coordinator and chairperson of meetings of the Editors of Economics Journals, the

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. Szenberg is the author and editor of 22 books on economics, is an editorial consultant, and is co-editor of the economics series of handbooks by the ''Oxford University Press''. He has been interviewed by the media on several occasions regarding international economic matters. He has contributed to the ''

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'', and the ''Encyclopedia of

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''. He has been given several awards by the international academic community for his contributions to the study of economics, such as the John R. Commons Award in 2012.

References

External links

Webpage.pace.edu/mszenberg
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