Fred Foldvary

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Fred Foldvary
BornMay 11, 1946
DiedJune 5, 2021
Alma materGeorge Mason University (PhD)
Occupation(s)Writer and academic
EmployerSanta Clara University

Fred Emanuel Foldvary (May 11, 1946 – June 5, 2021) was a lecturer in

The Independent Institute. He previously taught at Santa Clara University and other colleges. He was also a commentator and senior editor for the online journal The Progress Report and an associate editor of the online journal Econ Journal Watch. He served on the board of directors for the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation.[1]

Work

In his

.

His support of

He received 3.3% of the total vote to finish third among the four candidates on the ballot.

Foldvary wrote on topics including ending

.

Foldvary focused on short economic cycles of four years and major cycles of 18-20 years. In 1998, he predicted the next major economic downturn would be in 2008,[4] as well as a short downturn in 1999 or 2000 due to the Year 2000 problem. In 2007, Foldvary published a booklet entitled The Depression of 2008.[5] In a 2011 paper, Mason Gaffney, Professor of Economics at UC Riverside, criticized the economic community for excluding and ignoring Foldvary.[6]

Personal life

Foldvary lived in the San Francisco Bay Area in California.

Death

Foldvary died, aged 75, on June 5, 2021.[7]

Books

  • The Soul of Liberty (1980) The Gutenberg Press.
  • Public Goods and Private Communities (1994)
  • Beyond Neoclassical Economics (1996) Edward Elgar Publishing
  • Dictionary of Free Market Economics (1998) Edward Elgar Publishing
  • The Half-Life of Policy Rationales: How Technology Affects Old Policy Issues (ed., with Daniel Klein, 2003)
  • The Depression of 2008 (2007) The Gutenberg Press.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "RSF Biographies". Archived from the original on 2019-01-22. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
  2. ^ Foldvary, Fred E. (2002) "Geoism and Libertarianism" Archived 2012-11-04 at the Wayback Machine, www.ProgressReport.org
  3. ^ "Fred Foldvary 2000 – Libertarian for Congress". Hometown.aol.com. Archived from the original on September 18, 2008. Retrieved 2014-10-15.
  4. ^ Foldvary, Fred E. (1998) "Will There Be a Recession?". Archived from the original on November 23, 2001. Retrieved 2017-10-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link), www.ProgressReport.org
  5. ^ "Fred Foldvary". Foldvary.net. Archived from the original on 2008-10-19. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
  6. ^ Gaffney, Mason (2011), "An Award for Calling the Crash". Econ Journal Watch, Volume 8, Number 2, 185–92
  7. ^ Adams, Martin (July 22, 2021) "In memory of Dr. Fred Foldvary", Progress.org

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