Robert Haveman, RIP, Econospeak, Barkley Rosser Robert (Bob) Haveman died on June 18, aged 85. He had been at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 1970, when I first met him, where he served as Chair of the econ dept., director of the Institute for Research on Poverty, and also Director of the LaFollette Institute for Public Policy. A very policy-oriented economist with a progressive perspective, he published widely on public finance,...
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