David Levy (economist) explained

David A. Levy is an American economist^{[1] [2]} and author. He is chairman of the Jerome Levy Forecasting Center LLC,^[3] an economic consultancy.

Education

Levy holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Williams College and a Master's degree in Business Administration from Columbia University.

Career

Levy was appointed by President Clinton to the Commission to Study Capital Budgeting in 1997^[4] and served on the federal government’s Competitive Policy Council Infrastructure Subcouncil. He has given briefings and testimony to members of Congress.^[5]

Publications

Levy is the coauthor, with Jay Levy, of Profits and the Future of American Society, published by HarperCollins in 1983.^[6] Forbes magazine praised the book for explaining "why squeezing business profits for the alleged benefit of the poor or of the working man is a self-defeating exercise. It leads not to the satisfaction of human needs but to inflation and unemployment."^[7]

• Uncle Sam Won’t Go Broke - The Misguided Sovereign Debt Hysteria (2010), co-author Srinivas Thiruvadanthai, The Jerome Levy Forecasting Center^[8]
• Profits and the Future of American Society, (1983), HarperCollins

Notes and References

1. Web site: Keynote Speakers Bureau. David Levy, Economist and Speaker. 2013-01-31. 2016-03-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222441/http://dev.keynotespeakers.com/speaker_detail.php?speakerid=5218. dead.
2. Web site: Strauss. Lawrence. No Doom, Just Gloom.
3. Web site: David A. Levy.
4. Web site: Report of the President's Commission to Study Capital Budgeting . 2012-05-02 . 2001-07-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20010726225809/http://clinton3.nara.gov/pcscb/report.html . dead .
5. Web site: Congressional Record. 103rd Congress. 31 January 2013.
6. Book: 0451622901. Profits and the Future of American Society. Levy. Jay. Jay Levy. S.. Levy. David A.. 1984. New American Library .
7. News: Jay Levy, Part of 'Dynasty' That Forecast 2008 Crash, Dies at 90. Bloomberg.com. 8 October 2012.
8. http://levyforecast.com/jlwp/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2010/12/Uncle-Sam-Wont-Go-Broke.pdf