Craig Medlen

Professor Emeritus of Economics

cmedlen@www.menlo.edu 650.543.3814

Florence Moore Building 310B

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Education

PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1973
BA, University of California, Berkeley, 1966

cmedlen@www.menlo.edu 650.543.3814

Florence Moore Building 310B

Biography

Dr. Medlen’s entertaining and controversial lectures make him a popular professor amongst the students at Menlo College. His expertise is in debating the Fiscal Cliff, and discussing the economy. Medlen received his doctorate in Economics from UCSB.

Courses Taught

Micro and Macro Economics
International Finance and Economics
Economic History since 1750
Managerial Economics
Industrial Organization

“An Historiographical Exhumation of J.A. Hobson’s Over-Saving Thesis: General Theory versus Historiography,” The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Oct. 2012.
“Industrial Aspects of the Stock Bubble of the 1920s: Free Cash and the Federal Reserve,” Journal of Business and Economics in Times of Crisis, December, 2011
“Free Cash, the Current Account and Bubble Creation” Journal of Economic Issues, Volume XLIV: Number 2, June 2010
“Galbraith’s Preference Mappings: Needs and Wants, Evidence from the 2005 Consumer Budget Study.” Journal of Economic Issues, Volume XLII: Number 3, September 2008)

Invited Guest Lecturer, Sun Yat-Sen University, Lingnan College, “Free Cash, The Current Account and Bubble Creation,” Winter 2011
Invited Guest Lecturer, Sun Yat-Sen University, Lingnan College, “Two Sets of Twins” Winter, 2008
Oxford-Menlo Sabbatical Program (1998)—Researched and delivered a lecture at Harris-Manchester College, Oxford on J.A. Hobson’s “Over-savings Thesis.”
Distinguished Faculty Service Award 2007
Dean’s Scholarship Award, 2004, 2006
Teacher of the Year School of Business Administration (Seven Time Winner)