Murray Lew Weidenbaum (February 10, 1927 – March 20, 2014), was an American

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and author. He was the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished University Professor and Honorary Chairman of the Murray Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy at Washington University in St. Louis. He served as the first Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy from 1969 to 1971, and he was chairman of President

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's first Council of Economic Advisors from 1981 to 1982.

Biography

Weidenbaum was born to a

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family in the

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. He received a BBA from

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, an M.A. from

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, and a Ph.D. from

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with thesis titled ''Government Spending: Process and Measurement''. He became a faculty member at Washington University in St. Louis in 1964 and was chair of the economics department from 1966 to 1969. In 1975 he helped found the Center for the Study of American Business at Washington University, which was later renamed the Weidenbaum Center in his honor. Weidenbaum did extensive research on the role of the Overseas Chinese

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in Southeast Asia. He explores the topic in his book ''The Bamboo Network: How Expatriate Chinese Entrepreneurs are Creating a New Economic Superpower in Asia''. Weidenbaum died on March 29, 2014, at his home in Clayton, Missouri, at 87.

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External links

Murray Weidenbaum biography
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