David Laibman (born December 25, 1942) is an American economist. He is a professor emeritus of

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

Brooklyn College Brooklyn College is a public university in Brooklyn in New York City, United States. It is part of the City University of New York system and enrolls nearly 14,000 students on a campus in the Midwood and Flatbush sections of Brooklyn as of fall ...

and the

Graduate Center of the City University of New York The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York (CUNY Graduate Center) is a public research institution and postgraduate university in New York City. Formed in 1961 as Division of Graduate Studies at City University ...

. He is the editor emeritus of ''

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

'', a quarterly

Marxist Marxism is a political philosophy and method of socioeconomic analysis. It uses a dialectical and materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to analyse class relations, social conflic ...

journal founded in 1936.

Biography

Laibman attended high school in

Cleveland, Ohio Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–United States border, Canada–U.S. maritime border ...

, matriculating at

Antioch College Antioch College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio, United States. It was founded in 1850 by the Christian Connection and began operating in 1852 as a non-secta ...

and attending

Ruskin College, Oxford Ruskin College, originally known as Ruskin Hall, Oxford, is a higher education institution and part of the University of West London, in Oxford, England. It is not a college of Oxford University. Named after the essayist, art and social cr ...

. He received a Ph.D. in economics in 1973 at the Graduate Faculty of the

New School for Social Research The New School for Social Research (NSSR), previously known as The University in Exile and The New School University, is a graduate-level educational division of The New School in New York City, United States. NSSR enrolls more than 1,000 stud ...

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 a behavioral 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 anal ...

political economy Political or comparative economy is a branch of political science and economics studying economic systems (e.g. Marketplace, markets and national economies) and their governance by political systems (e.g. law, institutions, and government). Wi ...

, and

mathematical economics Mathematical economics is the application of Mathematics, mathematical methods to represent theories and analyze problems in economics. Often, these Applied mathematics#Economics, applied methods are beyond simple geometry, and may include diff ...

, at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels at CUNY. He is also a fingerstyle guitarist, especially its application to the

ragtime Ragtime, also spelled rag-time or rag time, is a musical style that had its peak from the 1890s to 1910s. Its cardinal trait is its Syncopation, syncopated or "ragged" rhythm. Ragtime was popularized during the early 20th century by composers ...

music of the early twentieth century. With Eric Schoenberg, Laibman recorded ''The New Ragtime Guitar'' for

Folkways Records Folkways Records was a record label founded by Moses Asch that documented folk, world, and children's music. It was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution in 1987 and is now part of Smithsonian Folkways. History The Folkways Records & Service ...

in 1970. His solo album, ''Classical Ragtime Guitar'', was released by ''

Rounder Records Rounder Records is an independent record label founded in 1970 in Somerville, Massachusetts, by Marian Leighton Levy, Ken Irwin, and Bill Nowlin. Focused on American roots music, Rounder's catalogue of more than 3000 titles includes records by A ...

'' 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
at

Smithsonian Folkways Smithsonian Folkways is the nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution. It is a part of the Smithsonian's Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, located at Capital Gallery in downtown Washington, D.C. The label was f ...

Nigel Gatherer's List Of Alex Campbell Albums
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