Leonard Silk
American economist
Leonard Silk
Leonard Solomon Silk (May 15, 1918 – February 10, 1995)[1] was an American economist, author, and journalist. Silk's diverse areas of interest included global economics , unemployment, banking, and inflation.[2] Silk wrote for Business Week between 1954 and 1969.[3] He also wrote for the New York Times between 1970 and 1993, first writing editorials, then beginning in 1976, his own column.[2] [3]
Silk was born in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, and died in Montclair, New Jersey .[2]
Publications
As author
The Research Revolution . New York: McGraw-Hill , 1960.
The Economists . New York: Avon Books , 1974.
Ethics and Profits: The Crisis of Confidence in American Business , with David Vogel. New York: Simon and Schuster , 1976.
Economics in Plain English . Simon and Schuster , 1978. Revised and expanded edition in 1986.
Ideals in Collision: The Relationship Between Business & the News Media , with Rawleigh Warner, Jr. Pittsburgh: Carnegie-Mellon University Press , 1979.
The American Establishment , with Mark Silk. New York: Basic Books , 1980.[4] [5]
Economics in the Real World. New York: Simon and Schuster , 1984.
As editor
Awards
References
^ "Leonard Silk – Library of Congress" . id.loc.gov . Retrieved December 28, 2021 .
^ a b c "Leonard Silk Papers, 1929–1985 and undated, bulk 1950–1985" . Rubenstein Library, Duke University. Retrieved September 24, 2012 .
^ a b Uchitelle, Louis (February 12, 1995). "Leonard Silk Dies at 76; Times Columnist Helped the Public to Understand Economics" . The New York Times . Retrieved September 24, 2012 .
^ Welles, Benjamin. "America's Establishment': A Close-Up Look; The American Establishment , by Leonard Silk and Mark Silk. New York: Basic Books . $13.95." The Christian Science Monitor , October 14, 1980.
^ Liebman, Walter H. "Balancing the Books." Review of The American Establishment , by Leonard Silk and Mark Silk. Barron's National Business and Financial Weekly [Boston, Mass.], Vol. 60, No. 49, December 8, 1980, p. 37.
^ "Finance writers win Loeb Awards" . The New York Times . May 23, 1962. pp. 63, 69. Retrieved February 6, 2019 .
^ "Loeb Award Goes To Silk" . The Lawton Constitution . Vol. 75, no. 268. Associated Press . August 17, 1977. p. 7. Retrieved February 27, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Government Investment Series Wins Loeb Award" . Los Angeles Times . May 2, 1995. Retrieved February 1, 2019 .
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