David Charles Colander was an American economist, and the Christian A Johnson Distinguished Professor of Economics at Middlebury College.
10 Facts About David Colander
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David Colander is known for his study of the economics profession itself and socioeconomics.
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David Colander has authored over 35 books and 100 articles on a wide variety of subjects.
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David Colander has been president of both the Eastern Economic Association and History of Economic Thought Society and is, or has been, on the editorial boards of numerous journals, including Journal of Economic Perspectives and the Journal of Economic Education.
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David Colander has been a consultant to Time-Life Films, a consultant to Congress, a Brookings Policy Fellow, and a visiting scholar at Nuffield College, Oxford.
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David Colander discusses the influence of mathematics on economics and his career.
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David Colander says that he is not an "ultramathematician", and is comfortable taking an intuitive approach to economic ideas.
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David Colander believes that the MIT approach limits one's intuition and recollects encountering colleagues who refused to discuss economic ideas without formal models.
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David Colander got his break when he collaborated with Abba P Lerner on a book.
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David Colander began to write textbooks, and since then his recognition has grown where he now tries to focus his publications in areas where his ideas are less well-known.