Peter Steigman Albin (December 20, 1934 – February 20, 2008) was an American economist who wrote and taught primarily in New York City. Among other contributions, he was known for applying

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in the social sciences.

Career

Peter S. Albin earned his

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, from

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in 1956 and

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from

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in 1964, both in economics. Albin was a professor of economics at New York University from 1960 to 1974, and Chairman of the Economics Department of John Jay College of the City University of New York from 1974 to 1991. He taught and performed research at the

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. He was visiting professor at the University of Göttingen in 1979–1980, the

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in 1972–1973, he taught at the Sorbonne, at

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(1968–1969), at the Institute of Advanced Studies (Vienna) (1977–1979). Additionally, he was a partner in the asset management and investment advisory firm, the Unicorn Group, for many years.

Writings

Books

*(with Duncan K. Foley) ''Barriers and Bounds to Rationality:essays on economic complexity and dynamics in interactive systems" Princeton, New Jersey. : Princeton University Press, 1998. . Held at 257 WorldCat libraries *''Progress Without Poverty: Socially Responsible Economic Growth'' New York: Basic Books, 1978 . Held at 465 World Cat libraries *"The Analysis of Complex Socio-Economic Systems" Lexington, Massachusetts : Lexington Books,

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Held at 265 WorldCat libraries WorldCat
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Journal articles

Albin's articles have appeared in the

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, the

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, and many other publications.

References

External links

obituary

Peter Albin at the National Library of Australia

''Unbalanced Growth and Intensification of the Urban Crisis'' A paper at Sage

''Individual Strategy and Social Structure: An Evolutionary Theory of Institution'' 1934 births 2008 deaths 20th-century American economists 20th-century American essayists 20th-century American male writers Social scientists from New York City American male essayists American political writers Cellular automatists Yale College alumni Princeton University alumni John Jay College of Criminal Justice faculty University of California, Berkeley faculty Academic staff of the University of Paris Academics of the University of Cambridge Writers from New York City {{economist-stub