Maxine Bernard Yaple Sweezy Woolston ( – ) was an American economist. She is best known for her work ''The Structure of the Nazi Economy'' (1941), which introduced the term

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Life and career

Maxine Bernard Yaple was born on in Missouri. Raised in the Kansas City area, she attended Northeast High School. She earned an A.B. and

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from

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in 1934 and 1935 and a

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from

Radcliffe College Radcliffe College was a Women's colleges in the United States, women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that was founded in 1879. In 1999, it was fully incorporated into Harvard Colle ...

in 1939. She was one of six economists who published ''An Economic Program for American Democracy'' (1938), which argued for a

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approach of public investment and progressive taxation to spur consumption and stave off economic stagnation. Her doctoral dissertation, ''Nazi Economic Policies'', was the basis for her book ''The Structure of the Nazi Economy.'' Her examination of the Nazi economy was used by the US military to assist in selecting industrial bombing targets during World War II. During the war she worked for the

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and the

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. She was a member of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission from 1945 to 1948 and later worked for them as a consultant. She held faculty positions at Tufts, Vassar, and Bryn Mawr. Maxine Bernard Yaple Sweezy Woolston died on 29 April 2004 in Guilford, Connecticut.

Personal life

Yaple was married to economist

Paul Sweezy Paul Marlor Sweezy (April 10, 1910 – February 27, 2004) was a Marxist economist, political activist, publisher, and founding editor of the long-running magazine ''Monthly Review''. He is best remembered for his contributions to economic theory ...

and lawyer William Jenks Woolston.

Bibliography

* ‘The Burden of Direct Taxes as Paid by Income Classes’ ''

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'', 26 (1936): 691–710. * ''An Economic Program for American Democracy'' (1938), with Richard V. Gilbert, George H. Hildebrand Jr., Arthur W. Stuart, Paul M. Sweezy, Lorie Tarshis and John D. Wilson) * ‘Distribution of Wealth and Income under the Nazis’, ''Review of Economic Statistics'', 21 (1939): 178–84. * ‘German Corporate Profits: 1926–1938’, ''

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'', 54 (1940): 384–98. * ''The Structure of the Nazi Economy'' (1941), Harvard Studies in Monopoly and Competition, Boston, MA: Harvard University Press. (1945) * ‘Medical Care for Everybody?’,

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. 1950. * ‘World Economy and Peace: A Study Guide’, American Association of University Women. 1953. * (ed.), ''Basic Information on the American Economy'' (1953)

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