# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fred-foldvary
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:16:16.234Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fred-foldvary"
name: "Fred Foldvary"
slug: "fred-foldvary"
description: "Fred Emanuel Foldvary was an American economist. He was a lecturer in economics at San Jose State University, California, and a research fellow at the Independent Institute. He previously taught at Santa Clara University and other colleges. He was also a commentator and senior editor for the online journal The Progress Report and an associate editor of the online journal Econ Journal Watch. He served on the board of directors for the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation."
tagline: "American economist (1946–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fred_Foldvary_at_Libertopia_2010.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
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profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1946-05-11"
deathDate: "2021-06-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.502596053997923
  historical:           4.61188
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  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/fredfoldvary/"
    handle:    "fredfoldvary"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.foldvary.net/"
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    title: "فريد فولدڤارى"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_E._Foldvary"
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    title: "Фред Фолдварі"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump