Alfred Eichner

“After his doctorate, the situation created by the decline of McCarthyism and the rise of the civil-rights and antiwar movements allowed Eichner and other mainstream economists to emerge as heterodox economists in the United States and even secure an academic position.”

“His path led him to the conviction that the typical enterprise in 20th century capitalism is oligopolistic, with a clear separation between management and ownership.”

“The post-Keynesian and institutionalist traditions have lost one of their most creative theorists and fervent supporters”

“A relentless battler against conservative, unscientific economic orthodoxy”