E. Ray Canterbery

One of the most respected economists worldwide, E. Ray Canterbery is the author of many acclaimed books, including, most recently, The Rise and Fall of Global Austerity, Harry S. Truman: The Economics of a Populist President, and The Global Great Recession. He has also published a novel, Black Box, Inc., while authoring two biographies (Alan Greenspan: The Oracle Behind the Curtain and F. Scott Fitzgerald: Under the Influence, with Thomas D. Birch), as well as other works in economics. His A Brief History of Economics is a best-seller, and his The Making of Economics is a classic. He also is the author of some 100 articles and reviews. He is currently working on Beyond Conventional Economics and a novel of F. Scott Fitzgerald's life entitled Scott.

Canterbery has served as President of the Eastern Economics Association and of the International Trade and Finance Association. In January 1996, Prentice-Hall, Inc. selected him for one of their 100 Hall of Fame Economist Baseball Cards for "significant contributions to the economics discipline," including "developing one of the first complete mathematical theories of foreign exchange." He was a Truman Scholar during 2001-04, during which he collected copies of documents related to his book on Harry Truman.

The International Biography Centre in Cambridge, England includes Canterbery among 500 persons worldwide in its Living Legends (2004), among 2000 scholars worldwide in its Outstanding Scholars in the 21st Century (2002), in 1000 Great Intellectuals (2002), in 2000 Outstanding People (2003), and in One Thousand Great Americans (2003). The American Biographical Institute includes Canterbery in its Great Minds of the 21st Century (2002) and American Biography (2003). In the same year, John Kenneth Galbraith, who knew both John Maynard Keynes and Michal Kalecki, called Canterbery "the best." He has also been listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World and Who's Who in America, as well as other biographical sources.