Randy Martin (5 October 1957 – 28 January, 2015) was a

professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professor ...

of Art and Policy at

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then- Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, ...

Tisch School of the Arts The New York University Tisch School of the Arts (commonly referred to as Tisch) is the performing, cinematic and media arts school of New York University. Founded on August 17, 1965, Tisch is a training ground for artists, scholars of the a ...

, socialist activist, and dancer.

Thought

Educated as a sociologist but with a background as a

dancer Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoire ...

, Martin's scholarship addresses intersections between art and politics. In ''Financialization of Daily Life'', Martin examines how the shift toward

financialization Financialization (or financialisation in British English) is a term sometimes used to describe the development of financial capitalism during the period from 1980 to present, in which debt-to-equity ratios increased and financial services acc ...

in the economy of the United States has subsequently affected culture, with a particular attention paid to the control of

inflation In economics, inflation is an increase in the general price level of goods and services in an economy. When the general price level rises, each unit of currency buys fewer goods and services; consequently, inflation corresponds to a reductio ...

and stimulation of economic growth.

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Randi Martin Mahomes bio
1957 births 2015 deaths American socialists Tisch School of the Arts faculty American male dancers Graduate Center, CUNY alumni Educators from New York City {{US-academic-bio-stub