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Title: Murray L. Weidenbaum papers
Date (inclusive): 1960-1977
Collection Number: 77052
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3 manuscript boxes
(1.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Speeches and writings, pamphlets, and clippings, relating to American federal credit programs, business and inflation, government
regulation of business, utility regulation, and military-industrial relations.
Creator:
Weidenbaum, Murray L.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1977.
[Identification of item], Murray L. Weidenbaum papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 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
The collection documents the career of American economist Murry L. Weidenbaum through speeches and writings, pamphlets, and
clippings related to American federal credit programs, business and inflation, government regulation of business, utility
regulation, and military-industrial relations.
The majority of the collection consists of Murry L. Weidenbaum's speeches and writings on economic topics such as military
markets, defense spending, revenue sharing, subsidies, and government regulation. The writings include statements prepared
for the United States Senate and House of Representatives.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
United States -- Economic policy
United States -- Politics and government -- 1969-1974
Economists
Taxation -- United States
United States -- Military policy
Defense contracts -- United States
Finance, Public -- United States
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994
United States. Department of the Treasury