Register of the Murray L. Weidenbaum papers
1927 | Born, Bronx, New York |
1948 | B.A., City College of New York |
1949 | M.A., Columbia University |
1958 | Ph.D., Princeton University |
1958-1962 | Corporate economist, Boeing Company |
1962-1963 | Senior economist, Stanford Research Institute |
1964- | Faculty member, Washington University in St. Louis |
1969 | Author, The Modern Public Sector: New Ways of Doing the Government's Business |
1969-1971 | Assistant secretary of the treasury for economic policy, Department of the Treasury, United States |
1974 | Author, The Economics of Peacetime Defense |
1974-1995 | Director, Center for the Study of American Business (later renamed the Weidenbaum Center), Washington University in St. Louis |
1975 | Author, Government-Mandated Price Increases: A Neglected Aspect of Inflation |
1977 | Author, Business, Government, and the Public |
1979 | Author, The Future of Business Regulation: Private Action and Public Demand |
1981-1982 | Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors |
1988 | Author, Rendezvous with Reality: The American Economy After Reagan |
1992 | Author, Small Wars, Big Defense: Paying for the Military After the Cold War |
1995-2000 | Chairman, Center for the Study of American Business (later renamed the Weidenbaum Center), Washington University in St. Louis |
1996 | Author, The Bamboo Network: How Expatriate Chinese Entrepreneurs are Creating a New Economic Superpower in Asia, with Samuel Hughes |
2001- | Honorary chairman, Weidenbaum Center on the Economy |
2009 | Author, The Competition of Ideas: The World of the Washington Think Tanks |
1949-1957 | Fiscal economist, United States Bureau of the Budget |
2004 | Author, Business and Government in the Global Marketplace |
2008 | Author, The Competition of Ideas: The World of Washington Think Tanks |
Scope and Content of Collection
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Biographical file 1975, undated
Center for the Study of American Business (Later renamed the Weidenbaum Center) annual review and informational booklet 1975, undated
Speeches and writings
Printed copies
Undated
1959
1960-1969
1970-1977
"An Analysis of the Humphrey-Hawkins Bill," statement prepared for Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs undated
"Controls or Competition?" testimony before Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly undated
"Forecasting Government Expenditures" undated
"Galbraith and the Public Purpose" undated
"Is War Necessary for the American Economy" undated
"The Need to Reduce Government Regulation of Business" undated
"A New Approach to National Priorities and Governmental Decision-Making," statement for "Our Third Century" symposium, Senate Committee on Government Operations undated
"The Second Managerial Revolution: Summary" undated
"Analysis of Military Markets with Special Emphasis on Air Weapons" 1959
"The Changing Structure of the Military Market," Conference on Space Age Technology, American Management Association 1960
"Industrial Impact of Disarmament" 1961
"Outlook for the Aerospace Industry," speech, Annual Business Outlook Conference 1961
"Some Economic Aspects of the Aircraft Industry" 1961
"Inventories of Government Suppliers" 1962
"Costs of Alternative Military Strategies" 1963
"Some Economic Perspective on the Current Defense Cutback," speech, Annual Conference of the American Industrial Development Council 1965
"The Military Market: High Seller Concentration and High Profits," statement to the Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary 1968
"Military Spending in the 1970s: An Upward Trend" 1968
"The Federal Budget for 1970: More Deficit Spending?" speech, Planning Executives Institute 1969
"Planning-Programming-Budgeting Systems" 1969
"After the 90 Days" 1971
"The Case for Revenue Sharing" 1971
"Forecasting Defense Spending" 1971
"Revenue Sharing and the Future of the Public Sector," speech, Economic Club of Detroit 1971
"Subsidies in Federal Credit Programs" 1971
"The Changing Outlook for Military Business" 1972
"Decisions on National Priorities," testimony before the Joint Economic Committee, United States Congress 1972
An Economic Analysis of the Military-Industrial Complex 1972
"Economic Policy in an Election Year," speech, Annual Banquet of the National Economists Club, Washington, D.C. 1972
Excerpts 1972-1974
"Foreign Trade Policy: A Move Toward Protection?" 1972
"Government Policy and Business Decision-Making," Conference on Business' Role in Modern Society, UCLA 1972
"Hidden Subsidies in Government Programs," testimony before the Joint Economic Committee, United States Congress 1972
"How to Live with the Property Tax for Education" 1972
"New Initiatives in National Wage and Price Policy" 1972
"Rules for Success in Dealing with the Press" 1972
"Tax Reform or Tax Boost?" 1972
Testimony before the Subcommittee on Priorities and Economy in Government, Joint Economic Committee, United States Congress 1972
"Your New Financial Competitor" 1972
"Financing a Cleaner Environment" 1973
"The Fiscal Outlook" 1973
"Government Expenditures and National Priorities" 1973
"The Governmental Competition for Investment Funds," speech, Public Utility Executives Conference 1973
"Impact of Tax Policy on the American Role in International Trade" 1973
"Legislating Social Responsibility" 1973
"Myths About Unemployment" 1973
"The Need to Encourage Innovation" 1973
"A New Look at Business in 1973" 1973
"A New Look at the Economy," speech, Time Business and Advertising Convention 1973
"The Post-Watergate Republican Party" 1973
"Reforming the Congress" 1973
"Trends in Public Finance" 1973
"What Will Revenue Sharing Accomplish?" 1973
"Budget Reform: At Last" 1974
"The Business Outlook for 1975: The Cloudy Crystal Ball" 1974
"The Case for Economizing on Government Controls" 1974
"The Economic Outlook: A Scenario for Recovery," annotated typescript 1974
"Economic Policy for 1974" 1974
"The Federal Government and Inflation" 1974
"Fighting Inflation: No Easy Answers" 1974
"How to Allocate Energy" 1974
"How to Curb Defense Spending" 1974
"President Ford's Economic Summit" 1974
"A Program for Controlling the Budget" 1974
"Public Policy and the Electric Utilities," statement to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs 1974
"Reducing the Inflationary Impact of the Federal Budget" 1974
Tables on fiscal policy 1974
"Time for Change: A Mid-Course Correction in Economic Policy" 1974
"Why Taxes Should Not Be Reduced Now" 1974
"A Barrier to Capital Formation: Government Controls Over Business," speech, National Investor Relations Institute 1975
"Budget of the U.S. Government for the Fiscal Year 1976" 1975
"The Business Outlook and Government Policy," speech, Conference of Bank Correspondents 1975
"The Case Against Gasoline Rationing" 1975
"Catch the Falling Flag" 1975
"Civil Liberties for Business Executives" 1975
"Economic Policy: Parrots Versus Economists," statement to Senate Committee on Budget 1975
"How to Improve Productivity in Government Procurement: Rely More on Profits and Less on Regulation" 1975
"A Kind Word for Monetary Policy," statement to House of Representatives Committee on Banking, Currency, and Housing 1975
Meeting with House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means 1975
"A New Approach to Defense Contracts: More Competition and Less Regulation," statement for Subcommittee on Federal Spending Practices, Efficiency, and Open Government of the Senate Committee on Government Operations 1975
"The New Wave of Government Regulation of Business" 1975
Report on Time Magazine Board of Economists meeting 1975
"The Tax Cut: Putting First Things First," statement to Senate Committee on Finance 1975
"Tax Policy and the Electric Utilities," testimony for the House Committee on Ways and Means 1975
"The Case Against an Energy Independence Authority," statement to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 1976
"The Case Against Government Credit Subsidies for Developing a Synthetic Fuels Industry," statement to the Subcommittee on Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration of the House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology 1976
"The Contrast Between Government Planning and Business Planning: Market Orientation Versus Centralized Control" 1976
"The Disadvantages of Government-Guaranteed Electric Utility Bonds" 1976
"The Future of the Private Enterprise System: A Counterattack," speech, Southwest Foundation for Free Enterprise 1976
"Government as Promoter and Subsidizer of Advertising," with Linda Rockwood 1976
"Government Overregulation and its Effects on Industry," speech, First International Petrochemical Conference 1976
"The Outlook for 1976" 1976
"Overregulation and the Business Response," speech, Northwestern University 1976
"The Post-Election Economic Outlook," speech, Annual Correspondents Conference 1976
"The Potential for Reducing Inflationary Pressures by Reforming Government Regulation" 1976
"Reforming Government Regulation: Basic Concepts and Realistic Alternatives" 1976
Time Board of Economists meetings 1976
"An Economic Analysis of the Federal Government's Credit Programs" 1977
"A Fundamental Reform of Government Regulation" 1977
"The Future of Business-Government Relations" 1977
"A Growing 'Loophole': Federal Credit Programs" 1977
"The New Wave of Government Regulation of Business" 1977
"The Rising Cost of Government Regulation," with Robert DeFina 1977
"Strategies for Business Survival in a World of Government Intervention" 1977