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Gainsbrugh received his Master of Arts in economics at the University of Rochester in 1928, and his Doctor of Philosophy from Columbia University in 1932.
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Martin Reuben Gainsbrugh
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Gainsbrugh started his career as economic analyst for Trade-Ways, industrial consultants in 1933. In 1937 he moved to the The National Industrial Conference Board (NICB), where he spend the greater part of his career. He became Chief Economist and its Vice-President, and retired in 1972.
From 1944 to 1972 he was also Adjunct Professor of Economics at the New York University, and worked as consultant for government and industry for decades.
Gainsbrugh is described by Birnbaum (1977) as "a generalist who worked in depth in many areas of economics and statistics including unemployment statistics, price indexes, consumer economics, wealth estimates, wages behavior, profits, inflation, national income.. no one who was more thoroughly familiar with the uses and limitations of the major statistical series published by the Federal Government.".
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