Seymour Melman, the Glossary
Seymour Melman (December 30, 1917 – December 16, 2004) was an American professor emeritus of industrial engineering and operations research at Columbia University's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science.[1]
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29 relations: Aneurysm, Association for Evolutionary Economics, Attack on Pearl Harbor, City College of New York, Columbia University, Democratic Party (United States), DeWitt Clinton High School, Doctor of Philosophy, Economics, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Gadfly (philosophy and social science), Industrial engineering, John Kenneth Galbraith, Lloyd J. Dumas, Marcus Raskin, Military–industrial complex, National Commission for Economic Conversion and Disarmament, New York Academy of Sciences, New York City, Noam Chomsky, Operations research, Palestine (region), Robert Staughton Lynd, The Bronx, The Conference Board, The Village Voice, United States Army, United States Army Coast Artillery Corps, Zellig Harris.
Aneurysm
An aneurysm is an outward bulging, likened to a bubble or balloon, caused by a localized, abnormal, weak spot on a blood vessel wall.
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Association for Evolutionary Economics
The Association for Evolutionary Economics (AFEE) is an international organization of economists working in the institutionalist and evolutionary traditions of Thorstein Veblen, John R. Commons and Wesley Mitchell.
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl HarborAlso known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, in the United States, just before 8:00a.m. (local time) on Sunday, December 7, 1941.
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City College of New York
The City College of the City University of New York (also known as the City College of New York, or simply City College or CCNY) is a public research university within the City University of New York (CUNY) system in New York City.
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Columbia University
Columbia University, officially Columbia University in the City of New York, is a private Ivy League research university in New York City.
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Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.
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DeWitt Clinton High School
DeWitt Clinton High School is a public high school located since 1929 in The Bronx, New York.
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Doctor of Philosophy
A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or DPhil; philosophiae doctor or) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research.
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Economics
Economics is a social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
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Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science
The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science (popularly known as SEAS or Columbia Engineering; previously known as Columbia School of Mines) is the engineering and applied science school of Columbia University, a private research university in New York City.
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Gadfly (philosophy and social science)
A gadfly is a person who interferes with the status quo of a society or community by posing novel, potentially upsetting questions, usually directed at authorities.
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Industrial engineering
Industrial engineering is an engineering profession that is concerned with the optimization of complex processes, systems, or organizations by developing, improving and implementing integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information and equipment.
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John Kenneth Galbraith
John Kenneth Galbraith (October 15, 1908 – April 29, 2006), also known as Ken Galbraith, was a Canadian-American economist, diplomat, public official, and intellectual. Seymour Melman and John Kenneth Galbraith are 20th-century American economists.
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Lloyd J. Dumas
Lloyd Jeff Dumas (born May 18, 1945) is a Professor of Political Economy, Economics, and Public Policy in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas. Seymour Melman and Lloyd J. Dumas are American anti–nuclear weapons activists, American anti-war activists, American economics writers and economists from New York (state).
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Marcus Raskin
Marcus Goodman Raskin (April 30, 1934 – December 24, 2017) was an American progressive social critic, political activist, author, and philosopher.
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Military–industrial complex
The expression military–industrial complex (MIC) describes the relationship between a country's military and the defense industry that supplies it, seen together as a vested interest which influences public policy.
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National Commission for Economic Conversion and Disarmament
The National Commission for Economic Conversion and Disarmament was founded in 1988, with preliminary work starting as early as November 1987.
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New York Academy of Sciences
The New York Academy of Sciences (originally the Lyceum of Natural History) is a nonprofit professional society that claims to, “Advance scientific research and knowledge, support scientific literacy, and promote science-based solutions to global challenges.” Founded in January 1817 as the Lyceum of Natural History, it is the fourth-oldest scientific society in the United States.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Noam Chomsky
Avram Noam Chomsky (born December 7, 1928) is an American professor and public intellectual known for his work in linguistics, political activism, and social criticism.
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Operations research
Operations research (operational research) (U.S. Air Force Specialty Code: Operations Analysis), often shortened to the initialism OR, is a discipline that deals with the development and application of analytical methods to improve decision-making.
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Palestine (region)
The region of Palestine, also known as Historic Palestine, is a geographical area in West Asia.
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Robert Staughton Lynd
Robert Staughton Lynd (September 26, 1892 – November 1, 1970) was an American sociologist and professor at Columbia University, New York City.
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The Bronx
The Bronx is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the U.S. state of New York.
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The Conference Board
The Conference Board, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit business membership and research group organization.
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The Village Voice
The Village Voice is an American news and culture publication based in Greenwich Village, New York City, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly.
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United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.
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United States Army Coast Artillery Corps
The U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps (CAC) was an administrative corps responsible for coastal, harbor, and anti-aircraft defense of the United States and its possessions between 1901 and 1950.
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Zellig Harris
Zellig Sabbettai Harris (October 23, 1909 – May 22, 1992) was an influential American linguist, mathematical syntactician, and methodologist of science.
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