Solomon Fabricant

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Solomon Fabricant (born August 15, 1906 in Brooklyn , New York City , † September 13, 1989 near Katonah , New York ) was an American economist .

Life

Fabricant received his BA in Commerce from New York University (NYU) in 1926 . While still a student, he began working as a tax consultant in 1925, but soon decided that this was not the right job for him. He was now working part-time and enrolling for another degree at Queens College , this time with a broader focus. He received his second BA in 1929. He then studied at Columbia University , where he received his master's degree in 1930 and his doctorate in 1938 .

Since 1929 Fabricant worked as a research assistant for the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), for which he worked until 1972, between 1953 and 1965 as head of the research area. From 1955 he was also a member of the NBER board (until 1981). During the Second World War Fabricant was first chief economist of the Office of Civilian Supply, then deputy director of a department of the War Production Board . From 1944 to 1945 he served in the European division of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration in London .

Fabricant became a faculty member in NYU's economics faculty in 1946 , where he was made associate professor in 1947 and full professor in 1958. He held the latter position until his retirement in 1974. Since 1954 he was an elected member of the American Philosophical Society . In 1966 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Fabricant served in numerous government bodies and institutions, including the National Census Bureau , the Ministry of National Security Resources, the tax committee of the State of New York, the Office of Science and Technology, the National Committee on productivity and the president used working group on science policy . In addition to a number of other memberships in scientific organizations, he was temporarily Vice President of the American Economic Association and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Economic History Association .

Fabricant has published numerous articles and books on topics such as production volumes, economic growth , employment , economic aspects of defense policy , development economics , philanthropy and macroeconomic theory. He was regarded as an authority on business issues and measures to increase productivity .

Together with his wife Bessie, with whom he had been married since 1934, he had two daughters and a son. Solomon and Bessie Fabricant died in a car accident near Katonah, New York State, in September 1989.

Fonts (selection)

  • Capital Consumption and Adjustment. National Bureau of Economic Research, New York 1938.
  • The Output of Manufacturing Industries, 1899-1937. National Bureau of Economic Research, New York 1940.
  • Employment in Manufacturing, 1899-1939. An Analysis of its Relation to the Volume of Production. National Bureau of Economic Research, New York 1942.
  • The Trend of Government Activity in the United States Since 1900. National Bureau of Economic Research, New York 1952 (with assistance from Robert E. Lipsey). New edition: Kraus Reprint Co., Millwood, NY 1975, ISBN 0-52703-017-1 .
  • A primer on productivity. Random House, New York 1969.
  • Studies in Social and Private Accounting. Garland, New York 1982, ISBN 0-82405-337-0 .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Member History: Solomon Fabricant. American Philosophical Society, accessed August 3, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Fabricant, Solomon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American economist
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York City
DATE OF DEATH September 13, 1989
Place of death Katonah , New York (State)