Temin, Peter

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TEMIN, Peter

TEMIN, Peter. American, b. 1937. Genres: Economics. Career: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, teaching asst, 1961-62, asst professor of industrial history, 1965-67, assoc professor of economic history, 1967-70, professor of economics, 1970-. Publications: Iron and Steel in Nineteenth Century America: An Economic Enquiry, 1964; The Jacksonian Economy, 1969; Causal Factors in American Economic Growth in the Nineteenth Century, 1975; Did Monetary Forces Cause the Great Depression?, 1975; Taking Your Medicine: Drug Regulation in the United States, 1980; The Fall of the Bell System, 1987; Lessons from the Great Depression, 1989. EDITOR: New Economic History, 1972; Inside the Business Enterprise, 1991; Engines of Enterprise: An Economic History of New England, 2000. Address: Room E52-280A, Dept of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, U.S.A.