# Thomas E. Weisskopf

> Thomas E. Weisskopf is an American political economist and professor emeritus of Economics and in the Residential College at the University of Michigan. He is a founder and has been a contributor to the Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE). His work focuses on development economics, macroeconomic performance in capitalist economies, the political economy of socialist transition, comparative studies of discrimination and affirmative action, and the analysis of economic inequality.

*Economist*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Born:** 1940-04-30
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
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## Sources
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