Paul Davidson papers, 1961-2004

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Summary

Creator:
Davidson, Paul, 1930-2024
Abstract:
Paul Davidson (born 1930, died 2024) is the J. Fred Holly Chair of Excellence Emeritus at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. This collection documents his professional life through his correspondence. It forms parts of the Economists' Papers Archive.
Extent:
13.5 Linear Feet (26 boxes.)
Language:
Material in English.
Collection ID:
RL.00289

Background

Scope and content:

This collection documents Davidson's career and interests, including post-Keynesian economics; international monetary payments and global employment policies; monetary theory; income distribution; and energy economics.

The collection almost exclusively consists of correspondence files, with the exception of a few clippings and speeches folders. The most notable group of correspondents are his fellow post-Keynesians such as Victoria Chick, Alfred Eichner, John Kenneth Galbraith, Geoff Harcourt, Jan Kregel, Hyman Minsky, Basil Moore, Luigi Pasinetti, Joan Robinson, Anthony Thirlwall, and Sidney Weintraub. Other correspondents of note include Philip Arestis, Peter Bernstein, Robert Clower, Robert Eisner, Sir John Hicks, Allan H. Meltzer, Edward Nell, Don Patinkin, James Tobin, and Paul Samuelson. Other large amounts of correspondence and other materials relate to Davidson's editorial work with many major economics journals, including the Journal of Post Keynesian Economics , which he founded; these folders typically contain correspondence between Davidson, journal referees, and authors. In one group of folders, Davidson engages with other colleagues in sometimes heated exchanges about bias in professional journals.

In addition to correspondence with colleagues and authors, the files also contain correspondence related to academic departments where Davidson held positions. Reflecting his broad background, the papers also document Davidson's involvement with politics (see the Congress file) and consultancy work for an energy company in his early career (the Oil and Energy files), and his role as an active public figure, documented by letters to the editor for various maistream publications.

Biographical / historical:
Chronology
Date Event
1930, Oct. 23
Born in Brooklyn, NY
1950
BS, Brooklyn College
1951-1952
Instructor in Physiological Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania
1953-1955
US Army service
1955
MBA, City College
1955-1958
Instructor in Economics, University of Pennsylvania
1958-1960
Assistant Professor of Economics, Rutgers University
1959
PhD, University of Pennsylvania
1960-1961
Assistant Director, Economics Division, Continental Oil Company
1960
Theories of Aggregate Income Distribution
1961-1963
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Pennsylvania
1963-1966
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Pennsylvania
1964-1966
Consultant, Resources for the Future
1966-1987
Professor of Economics, Rutgers University
1966-1975
Associate Director of Bureau of Economic Research, Rutgers University
1972
Money and the Real World
1973
Ford Foundation Energy Policy Project
1975-1978
Chair, New Brunswick Department of Economics and Allied Sciences and Director, Bureau of Economic Research, Rutgers University
1978-
Founder and Editor (with Sidney Weintraub) of Journal of Post Keynesian Economics
1981
International Money and the Real World
1987-2001
Distinguished Professor of Economics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
1987
(with son Greg Davidson) Economics for a Civilized Society
1991
Controversies in Post Keynesian Economics
1991
(with J. Kregel) Economic Problems of the 1990s: Less Developed Countries, Europe and the United States
2007
John Maynard Keynes
2024, June 20
Died, Skokie, IL
Acquisition information:
The Paul Davidson papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library as gifts between 2000-2008.
Processing information:

Processed by Paula Jeannet, Matthew Panhans, and Norikazu Takami, August 2011.

Accessions described in this finding aid: 2000-0423, 2002-0206, and 2008-0077.

Arrangement:

The Paul Davidson papers are arranged into two series: Correspondence and Other Files.

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