J. Bradford DeLong

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J. Bradford DeLong
New Keynesian economics
Brad Delong in office.jpg
Brad DeLong in his office in December 2007.
Birth June 24, 1960 (1960-06-24) (age 49)
Boston, Massachusetts
Nationality  United States
Institution University of California, Berkeley
Field Macroeconomics
Alma mater Harvard University
Influences Adam Smith
John Maynard Keynes
Milton Friedman
Lawrence Summers
Andrei Shleifer
Opposed John Yoo
Information at IDEAS/RePEc

James Bradford DeLong (born June 24, 1960, Boston) commonly known as Brad DeLong, is a professor of Economics and chair of the Political Economy major at the University of California, Berkeley. He served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury in the Clinton Administration under Lawrence Summers. He is also a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and is a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.[1]

On March 5, 2008, DeLong endorsed Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary.[2]

Along with Joseph Stiglitz and Aaron Edlin, DeLong is co-editor of The Economists' Voice,[3] and has been co-editor of the widely read Journal of Economic Perspectives. He is also the author of a textbook, Macroeconomics, the second edition of which he coauthored with Martha Olney. He writes a monthly syndicated op-ed column for Project Syndicate.

As an official in the Treasury Department in the Clinton administration, he worked on the 1993 budget, on the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, on the North American Free Trade Agreement, on the unsuccessful health care reform effort, and on other policies.[citation needed]

DeLong is a prolific[citation needed] blogger. His main blog is Grasping Reality with Opposable Thumbs, which covers political, technical, and economic issues as well as criticism of their coverage in the media. He also maintains a political commentary site called Brad DeLong's Egregious Moderation. Some critics of Delong's blogging have expressed frustration with what they believe to be censorship of their views on his blog[4][5][6]. In addition, DeLong writes for Shrillblog, which collects stories and articles about critics of what the authors perceive as fundamental dishonesty on the part of advocates of "conservative" policies in the Republican Party and the Bush administration. According to DeLong's personal report,[7] the blog originated in a conversation among DeLong, Tyler Cowen, and Andrew Northrup regarding the use of the term "shrill" as a criticism of New York Times columnist and fellow academic economist Paul Krugman.

DeLong is both a liberal in the modern American political sense and a free trade neo-liberal. He has cited Adam Smith, John Maynard Keynes, Lawrence Summers, Andrei Shleifer, and Milton Friedman as the economists who have had the greatest influence on his views.[8] In fact, his dozen most important papers have been co-authored with Summers, and several of the best papers of Summers are those co-authored with DeLong.

DeLong is also a harsh critic of his Berkeley colleague, John Yoo, a law professor who worked in the Office of Legal Counsel under President George W. Bush. Yoo is perhaps most famous for authoring the torture memos authorizing the Bush administration to use torture during the war on terror, and crafting the unitary executive theory, which dictates that, due to his powers and responsibilities as commander-in-chief, only the President has the ability to craft and interpret foreign policy and security strategy. DeLong wrote a letter to the Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau calling for Yoo's dismissal dated February 17, 2009.[9]

DeLong lives in suburban Lafayette, California, and is married to Ann Marie Marciarille.[10] AARP Health and Aging Policy Research Fellow at Pacific McGeorge's Capital Center for Government Law and Policy.[11] He received his A.B. and Ph.D. from Harvard University, receiving the latter in 1987. Before moving to Berkeley, he taught at Harvard, Boston University, and MIT.

[edit] Publications

Major publications listed on Brad DeLong's Academic CV include:

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Brad DeLong's Short Biography". Accessed 18 July 2007.
  2. ^ http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2008/03/the-democratic.html
  3. ^ The Economists' Voice. Accessed 12 April 2007.
  4. ^ Why Not to Bother with Brad Delong from Coordination Problem blog
  5. ^ A Request from Brad Delong from Mises Economics Blog
  6. ^ Summary comment by Dr. Peter G. Klein on Delong's reputation in the blogosphere
  7. ^ The History of the Shrill
  8. ^ [1] Accessed 25 September 2008.
  9. ^ [2] Accessed 19 February 2009.
  10. ^ [3] Accessed October 2007
  11. ^ [4] Accessed October 2007.

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