Frank Thompson

BRIEF CURRICULUM VITA

Frank Wilson Thompson

Addresses:

Department of Economics 18675 Bretton Drive University of Michigan Detroit, Michigan 48223 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 (313) 835-0156 Tel: (734) 763-2392 Fax: (734) 764-2355 Email: [email protected] http://www.econ.lsa.umich.edu/People/facpages/fthom.html http://www.rc.lsa.umich.edu/fthobio.htm

Birthdate: 12 December 1942

Citizenship: U.S.

Education:

University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 1960-64, B.A. 1964 (special major). Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 1964-65. Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany. 1964-65. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1965-70, A.M. 1968, Ph.D. 1973 (philosophy; Willard V. Quine, dissertation director). Oxford University, Oxford, England, 1970-71. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1984-90, M.A. 1989, Ph.D. 1998 (economics; Thomas Weisskopf, dissertation director).

Fellowships and Grants:

General Motors National Scholar (1960-64). Summerfield Scholar (1960-64). National Science Foundation Grantee (1963). Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Stipendiat (1964-65). Woodrow Wilson Fellow (1965-66). Harvard Arts and Sciences Fellow (1966-70). Frank Knox Memorial Fellow (University of Oxford, 1970-71). Orla B. Taylor Fellow (1984-85). Christopher Reynolds Foundation Grantee (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012). W. K. Kellogg Foundation Grantee (1999). Lecturers’ Professional Development Fund Grantee (2000). Fulbright Specialist Program Grantee (2008 (Uruguay), 2015 (India)).

Employment:

University of Kansas, Teaching Fellow (1963-64). Harvard University, Teaching Fellow (1967-70). Indiana University, Lecturer (1971-72), Asst. Professor (1972-76). Automobile Transport, Inc., Driver (1977-1980). Teamsters Union Local 299, Agent (1980-81). Howard Delivery Service, Driver (1982-84). University of Michigan, Teaching Asst., Economics (1985-90) University of Michigan, Lecturer, Economics and Residential College (1990- ). University of Michigan, Head, Social Science Program, Residential College (1996-2003) Nagoya University, Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Economics, (2012) Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Visiting Professor, UM-SJTU Joint Institute (2013) Case Western Reserve University, Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities Lecturer (2014) Harvard University, Visiting Professor, Summer School (2014, 2015, 2016) University of Cape Town, Visiting Lecturer (2016)

Academic Publications:

Articles and Book Chapters:

"Physicalism: Ontology, Determination, and Reduction," with Geoffrey P. Hellman, Journal of Philosophy, 72 (1975), pp. 551-564. "Physicalist Materialism," with Geoffrey P. Hellman, Nous, 11 (1977), pp.309-45. "Neoclassical Marxism," with W.H. Locke Anderson, Science and Society, 52 (1988), pp. 215-228. "Bowles and Gintis and Political Economic Explanation," Politics and Society, 18 (1990), pp. 279-91. "Technical Change, Accumulation and the Rate of Profit," Review of Radical Political Economics, 27:2 (1995), pp. 97-126. "Enterprise and Personal Finance in Schweickart's Democratic Economy," Radical Philosophy Review of Books, 11-12 (1995), pp. 41-53. "Socializing the Surplus: A System of Life Estates," Review of Radical Political Economics, 28:3 (1996), pp. 83-91. "Would Roemer's Socialism Equalize Income from Surplus?" in Equal Shares: Making Market Socialism Work, ed. by Erik Olin Wright (Verso, 1996), pp. 170-183. "Case Study: The Economy of Cuba," Economic Development (6th Edition), by Michael P. Todaro, (Addison-Wesley, 1997), pp. 96-99; updated in ibid. (7th Edition), by Michael P. Todaro and Stephen C. Smith, (Addison-Wesley, 1999), pp. 105-108; updated for ibid (8th Edition), (Addison-Wesley, 2003), in Case Studies in Economic Development, by Stephen C. Smith (www.aw.com/todaro). "Social Surplus in Roemer's Market Socialism," Research in Political Economy, 16 (1997), pp. 203-213. "The Composition of Capital and the Rate of Profit: A Reply to Laibman," Review of Radical Political Economics, 30:1 (1998), pp. 90-107. "Golden Age vs. Golden Rule: Capitalists vs. Workers in Growth Theory," Review of Radical Political Economics, 35:1 (2003), pp. 3-17. “Cuban Economic Performance in Retrospect,” Review of Radical Political Economics, 37:3 (2005), pp. 311-319. “Morally Arbitrary Economic Advantage,” in Capitalism on Trial: Explorations in the Tradition of Thomas E. Weisskopf, ed. by Jeannette Wicks-Lim and Robert Pollin, (Elgar 2013), pp. 395-407.

Book Reviews:

"Review of John E. Roemer, Free to Lose," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 12 (1989), pp. 262-265. "Review of Arjo Klamer and David Colander, The Making of an Economist," Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, 11 (1993), pp.152-159. "Review of Roberto Segre, Mario Coyula, and Joseph L. Scarpacci, Havana: Two Faces of the Antillean Metropolis," Review of Radical Political Economics, 30:4 (1998), pp. 182-185. "Review of Pedro Monreal (ed.), Development Prospects in Cuba: An Agenda in the Making," Review of Radical Political Economics, 36:3 (2004), pp. 420-424. (A somewhat longer version of this review appears (in German) in Lateinamerika Analysen, 6 (2003), pp. 160-165. “Review of Bert Hoffmann, The Politics of the Internet in Third World Development: Challenges in Contrasting Regimes with Case Studies of Costa Rica and Cuba,” Review of Radical Political Economics, 38:3 (2006), pp. 448-449. “Review of Samuel Bowles, Richard Edwards, and Frank Roosevelt, Understanding Capitalism: Competition, Command, and Change,” Review of Radical Political Economics, 38:3 (2006), pp. 473-475. “Review of Daniel Hausman and Michael McPherson, Economic Analysis, Moral Philosophy, and Public Policy,” Review of Radical Political Economics, 39:1 (2007), pp. 433-437.

Translation:

"Transformation and Continuity in Cuba," by Bert Hoffmann, Review of Radical Political Economics, 33:1 (2001), pp.1-20. (Translated from the German.)

Professional Service:

Member, Editorial Board, Review of Radical Political Economics (1986- 2001)

Member, Editorial Board, Lateinamerika Analysen (2002- 2009)

Fields:

Political economy, economics and philosophy, economic development

(August, 2016)