Background
Domar, Evsey David was born on April 16, 1914 in Lodz, Poland. Came to United States, 1936, naturalized, 1942. Son of David O. and Sarah (Slonimsky) Domashevitsky.
(This book contains fourteen of Professor Domar's principa...)
This book contains fourteen of Professor Domar's principal papers, beginning with On the Measurement of Technological Change, published in 1961 and ending with The Blind Men and the Elephant, which has not appeared in print before. The book is divided into four parts. Part I presents three non-technical essays on economic development and economic systems, including a novel comparison between them. Part II deals with the theory and measurement of the so-called "Index of Total Factor Productivity" for several countries, and includes an essay on the theory of index numbers. Part III compares the Soviet and American patterns of economic development. Part IV presents three applications of economic theory to historical problems: in particular, serfdom and slavery, and contains the now classic essay The Causes of Slavery or Serfdom.
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Domar, Evsey David was born on April 16, 1914 in Lodz, Poland. Came to United States, 1936, naturalized, 1942. Son of David O. and Sarah (Slonimsky) Domashevitsky.
Student, State Faculty of Law, Harbin, Manchuria, 1931. Bachelor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1939. Master of Arts, University Michigan, 1941.
Postgraduate, University Chicago. Master of Arts, Harvard University, 1943. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1947.
Teaching fellow University Michigan, 1940-1941, lecturer, summer 1946. Teaching fellow Harvard University, 1941-1943. Economist Board Governors Federal Reserve System, 1943-1946.
Lecturer George Washington University, summer 1944. Assistant professor economics Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1946-1947. Assistant professor economics, research associate Cowles Commission, University Chicago, 1947-1948.
Associate professor political economy Johns Hopkins University, 1948-1955, professor, 1955-1958, director Russian studies Operations Research Office, 1949-1951. Visiting professor Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1957, professor economics, 1958-1972, Ford professor economics, 1972-1984, Ford professor emeritus, 1984-1997. Visiting lecturer University Buffalo, 1949.
Visiting associate professor Russian Institute, Columbia, 1951-1955. Visiting Fulbright professor Oxford University, 1952-1953. Visiting professor Stanford, summer 1957, Harvard, 1962, summer 1958, 76, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia, summer 1965, University of California at Los Angeles, summer 1968, Stockholm School of Economics, 1972, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, summer 1974, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1979.
Visiting Kathryn Wasserman Davis professor Slavic studies Wellesley College, 1985. Vis professor Brandeis University, 1986-1990. Distinguished exchange scholar People's Republic of China, summer 1981.
Fellow Harvard Russian Research Center, 1958-1997. Executive committee Conference Research in Income and Wealth, 1966-1968. Consultant Rand Corporation, 1951-1981.
Lecturer Centro de Estudios Monetarios Latino- americanos, Mexico City, 1954. Consultant foreign study, research fellowship program Ford Foundation, 1954-1958. Chairman com Slavic grants American Council Learned Societies, 1960-1962.
Consultant Brookings Institution, 1956-1959, National Science Foundation, 1958, 67-69.
(This book contains fourteen of Professor Domar's principa...)
(An important book.)
Began in the theory of taxation (the effects of income tax on risk-taking) and moved quickly to the theory of growth and the construction of growth models. When this field became overcrowded (it is customary in our profession to beat every new idea to death), I left it for comparative economic systems with emphasis on the economics of socialism, where I am still working. At the same time, developed an interest in the theory of slavery and serfdom.
(A long paper on the profitability of Russian serfdom is ready for publication.) In connection with preparing a course on problems in economic history, developed several models, such as on the drive to the Indies, on the Black Death, etc.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, Econometric Society. Member American Economic Association (distinguished fellow. Executive committee 1963-1965, vice president 1970), Royal Economic Society, Association for Comparative Economics (president 1970), American Association of University Professors, Phi Beta Kappa, Pi Gamma Mu, Omicron Delta Epsilon.
Married Carola Rosenthal, April 16, 1946. Children: Erica, Alice.