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Martha Olney

Martha Olney

American economist

Martha Louise Olney (born November 27, 1956) is a teaching professor of economics (2002–present) at the University of California, Berkeley. She is a winner of local and national teaching awards,[3] and has authored several leading undergraduate economics textbooks.

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Education

Olney received a B.A. at the University of Redlands[1] and a Ph.D. in economics in 1985 from the University of California, Berkeley.

Academic career

Martha Olney is a teaching professor of economics (2002-) at the University of California, Berkeley.[4] She was previously an associate professor of economics (with tenure) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.[5] Her early career research focused on consumer durables, the advent of consumer credit in the 1920s, and the Great Depression. She has been awarded the Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award,[6] which is given to only three professors per year, and the Jonathan Hughes Prize for Excellence in Teaching Economic History, by the Economic History Association (in 1997).[7]

Textbook authorship

  • "Essentials of Economics" with Paul Krugman and Robin Wells
  • "Macroeconomics" with J. Bradford DeLong
  • "Microeconomics as a Second Language"[8]
  • "Macroeconomics as a Second Language"[9]

Selected Research publications

  • Olney, Martha L. Buy now, pay later: advertising, credit, and consumer durables in the 1920s. University of North Carolina Press, 1991.
  • Olney, Martha L. "Avoiding default: The role of credit in the consumption collapse of 1930." The Quarterly Journal of Economics 114, no. 1 (1999): 319-335.
  • Olney, Martha L. "When your word is not enough: race, collateral, and household credit." The Journal of Economic History 58, no. 2 (1998): 408-431.
  • Olney, Martha L. "Credit as a production-smoothing device: the case of automobiles, 1913–1938." The Journal of Economic History 49, no. 2 (1989): 377-391.

References

  1. [1]
    "Bio" (PDF). eml.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  2. [2]
    "Interview with Martha Olney". Archived from the original on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2016-09-26.
  3. [3]
    "Martha Olney". Foundation For Teaching Economics. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  4. [4]
    "Martha Olney | Women in Economics Podcasts | St. Louis Fed". www.stlouisfed.org. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  5. [5]
    Olney, Martha (Fall 2005). "So You Want to Be an Adjunct Professor?". CSWEP News.
  6. [6]
    "Social Sciences: Distinguished Teaching and Service Awards | College of Letters & Science". ls.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  7. [7]
    "Economic History Association Prizes and Awards". eh.net. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  8. [8]
    Martha L. Olney (27 January 2009). Microeconomics as a Second Language. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-470-43373-7.
  9. [9]
    Martha L. Olney (11 January 2011). Macroeconomics as a Second Language. Wiley Global Education. ISBN 9780470505380.
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