Years in the Department:
1966-1967
Research Interest:
Value, Capital, and Distributions; Growth and Development; Alternative Approaches; The US Economy, and Jamaica and Caribbean Economies
Biosketch:
He was at the department just one year after his PhD from U of California, Berkeley. He went on to Northwestern for one year, U of Wisconsin, 1968-1972, and Stanford, 1972-1998 when he retired to spend more time on developing public policies to promote growth and advance social equity.
His writings are in 5 major fields: value, capital, and distributions; growth + development; alternative approaches; the US economy; and Jamaica and Caribbean economies. He has about 100 publications in these fields. Born in Jamaica, he is a naturalized US citizen. His daughter is Kamala Harris, former attorney general of California and current junior senator from California.
PhD:
University of California (Berkeley)
