Background
Arndt, Sven William was born on October 18, 1936 in Riga, Latvia. Son of William Alexander and Kira (Schnee) Arndt. came to the United States, 1958.
Arndt, Sven William was born on October 18, 1936 in Riga, Latvia. Son of William Alexander and Kira (Schnee) Arndt. came to the United States, 1958.
Bachelor, University Western Ontario, Canada, 1958. Master of Arts, University California, Berkeley, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1964.
Assistant professor economics, University of California at Los Angeles, 1964-1969;
assistant professor, then associate professor economics, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1971-1975;
professor economics, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1975-1991;
professor economics, Claremont (California) McKenna College, since 1991;
Charles M. Stone professor of money, credit and trade, Claremont (California) McKenna College, since 1993;
director, Lowe Institute of Political Economics, Claremont, since 1991. Visiting professor Johns Hopkins Center, Bologna, Italy, 1969-1970, U. Mannheim, Federal Republic Germany, 1976, U. Konstanz, Federal Republic Germany, 1978, 79, 92-, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna, 1978, Claremont (California) McKenna College, 1990-1991. Visiting assistant professor Stanford (California) U., 1971.
Director Office International Monetary Research, United States Treasury Department, Washington, 1977-1978. Visiting scholar Federal Reserve Board, Washington, 1978. Director trade project American Enterprise Institute, Washington, 1983-1986.
President Commons Institute for International Economics Studies, Claremont, since 1987. Consultant Department State, 1982, 85, United States Information Service, 1988, East-West Center, U. Hawaii, 1988, World Bank, 1985-1986, 88. Member task force United States-Association of Southeast Asian Nations Initiative, 1988.
Member American Economic Association, Econometric Society, North America Economics and Finance Association (vice president 1994, program chairman, president 1996), Royal Economic Society, International Trade and Finance Association, International Economics and Finance Society, Athenian Policy Forum, Los Angeles World Affairs Council, Reform Club (London).
Married Linda Margaret Swanson, August 24, 1963. 1 child, Nicole Christine.