Diplomas/DegreesPh.D., Economics, Columbia University (1984) B.A., St. John's College (1972)
Recent CoursesIndustrial Organization Labor And Public Policy The National Economy The Price System
Personal Statement"With a very strong light, one can make the world disappear. Before weak eyes it will become solid; before still weaker eyes it will acquire fists; and to eyes yet weaker, it will be embarrassed and punch the face of anyone who dares to look at it." -- Kafka
Teaching Specializations/InterestsHistory of Economic Thought
Labor Economics
Industrial Organization
International Trade
Liberal Arts Seminar (Honors College)
Research InterestsSocial Semiotics (inter-disciplinary)
Labor Economics
Classical Value Theory
Systems of Poitical Economy
Maritime History: Titanic
BooksDavid Gleicher (2006). The Rescue of the Third Class on the Titanic: A Revisionist History. St. John's, Canada: International Maritime Economic History Association.
David Gleicher and Lonnie Stevans (1991). A Classical Approach to Occupational Wage Rates. New York, NY: Praeger.
David Gleicher and John Alcorn (1988). Piano e mercato nell'economia socialista (Plan and Market in Socialist Economies). Rome, Italy: Salvatore Sciascia Editore.
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David Gleicher (2013), The Early Benjamin Redux (Review Essay). Critical Sociology, forthcoming.
David Gleicher (2013), The dialogic lacuna in Fenves’s The Messianic Reduction: Walter Benjamin and the Shape of Time. Semiotica, forthcoming.
David Gleicher (2011), Social Acttion, Dialogism and the Imaginary Community. Social Semiotics, 21:3.
David Gleicher, Lonnie Stevans (2005), A Comprehensive Profile of the Working Poor. Labour, 19 3, 512-29.
David Gleicher, Lonnie Stevans (2004), Who Survived Titanic? A Logistic Regression Analysis. International Journal of Maritime History, 16 2, 61-85.
David Gleicher (2004), The Departure Time of Collapsible C: Some Counter Arguments. Titanic Commutator, 28:167, 168-71.
David Gleicher (2002), The Break-up of the Titanic: Viewpoints and Evidence. Research Articles, Encyclopedia Titanica, 27 pp.
David Gleicher (2001), The Fatal Journey of 3rd Class Men Inside the Titanic. Research Articles, Encyclopedia Ttitanica, 25 pp.
David Gleicher (2001), John Edward Hart: Dubious Hero? Research Articles, Encyclopedia Ttitanica, 22 pp.
David Gleicher, Lonnie Stevans (1992), Net Employment Reserves and Occupational Wage Rate Determination. Journal of Post-Keynesian Economics, 15, 125-46.
David Gleicher (1991), Labor Specialization and the Transformation Problem. Review of Radical Political Economics, 21 1/2, 75-95.
David Gleicher (1989), Wage Rate Differentials in Capitalist Economies. Science & Society, 53:1, 29-46.
John Alcorn, David Gleicher, Paul Swanson (1988), Toward a General Model of Prices, Chioice of Technique and Distribution in a Centrally-Planned Socialist Economy. Economics of Planning, 22 3, 117-35.
David Gleicher (1988), Bonus Formulae and Central Planning. Review of Radical Political Economics, 20:2/3, 133-137.
John Alcorn, David Gleicher (1987), Workers, Inputs and Exploitation: Note on Roemer. Review of Radical Political Economics, 19:2, 77-82.
David Gleicher (1985), Abstract Labour, the Rubin School and the Marxist Theory of Value. Capital & Class, 24, 147-155.
David Gleicher (1985), The Ontology of Labor Values. Science & Society, 49:4, 463-471.
David Gleicher (1985), Rejoinder (to Weiman). Social Concept, 2:2, 38-40.
David Gleicher (1985), From Petty to Smith: The Origins of Classical Value Theory. Social Concept, 2:2, 3-31.
David Gleicher (1983), An Historical Approach to the Question ot Abstract Labour. Capital & Class, 21, 97-122.
David Gleicher (1982), The Historical Bases of Physiocracy: An Analysis of the Tableau Economique. Science & Society, 46:3, 328-60.
Other Scholarly/Artistic WorkDoctoral Dissertation
1984, Critical Studies in the Origins of Classical Value Theory, Columbia University. 280pp.
Book Reviews
2002, Peil, Adam Smith and Economic Science, in Review of Political Economy 14:4, 542-545.
2000, Kurz and Salvadori, The Elgar Companion to Classical Economics, in
Review of Political Economy 12:2, 238-241.
1993, Howard and King, A History of Marxian Economics, in Journal of
Economic Literature 21, 887-888.
1993, Peck and Richardson, What is to Be Done: Proposals for the Soviet Transition in the Market, in Science & Society 57:3, 369-372.
1989, Fine (ed.), The Value Dimension, in Review of Radical Political Economics 21: ½, 191-194.
1988, Itoh, The Basic Theory of Capitalism: the Forms and Substance of the Capitalist Economy, in Review of Radical Political Economics 20:4, 112-114.
1987, McCloskey, The Rhetoric of Economics, in Review of Radical Political Economics 19:3, 85-87.
1987, Kanth, Political Economy and Laissez-Faire: Economics and Ideology in the Ricardian Era, in Science & Society 51:3, 376-379.
Editorships
1989, Modern Approaches to the Theory of Value II. Review of Radical Political Economics 21:2/3 (Special Issue).
1982, Modern Approaches to the Theory of Value. Review of Radical Political Economics 14:2 (Special Issue).
Also
2002, Consultant to and major appearance in "Titanic’s Ghosts," Public Broadcasting System (PBS) documentary, produced by Engel Brothers Media. US Premiere, November 20.
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