- Donald Jasper Harris, (born August 23, 1938) is a [[Jamaican Americans | Jamaican-American]] economist and emeritus professor at [[Stanford University]], known for applying [[Post-Keynesian economics | post-Keynesian ideas]] to [[Development economics | development economics]]. - Harris was raised in [[Saint Ann Parish]], Jamaica, attending the [[University of the West Indies | University College of the West Indies]] before earning a Bachelor's degree from the [[University of London]] and a PhD from the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. He held professorships at the [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]], [[Northwestern University]], and [[University of Wisconsin–Madison | University of Wisconsin-Madison]] before joining Stanford University as professor of economics. He was the first Black scholar granted tenure in the Stanford Department of Economics. - Harris's 1978 book [[Capital accumulation | Capital Accumulation]] and [[Income distribution | Income Distribution]] critiques mainstream economic theories, using [[Mathematical model | mathematical modeling]] to propose an alternative model for thinking about the effects of capital accumulation on income inequality, economic growth, [[Economic stability | instability]], and other phenomena. He has worked extensively on analysis and policy regarding the economy of Jamaica. He served in Jamaica, at various times, as economic policy consultant to the government and as economic adviser to successive prime ministers. In 2021, he was awarded Jamaica's [[Order of Merit (Jamaica) | Order of Merit]], the country's third-highest national honor, for his "contribution to national development". - Donald Harris is the father of US Vice President and 2024 [[Democratic Party (United States) | Democratic]] [[Presidential nominee | presidential nominee]] [[Kamala Harris]] and lawyer [[Maya Harris]]. ## Sources - [wikipedia_page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_J._Harris)