Abraham Rotstein
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DiedApril 27, 2015 (aged 86)
Toronto, Canada
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
InstitutionsUniversity of Toronto
Abraham Rotstein | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 10, 1929 |
| Died | April 27, 2015 (aged 86) Toronto, Canada |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Toronto |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Toronto |
Abraham Rotstein (10 April 1929 – 27 April 2015) was a Canadian economist who was a professor of economics at the University of Toronto.[1][2] He was a fellow of Massey College. He is best known as a co-founder of the Committee for an Independent Canada. He received his doctorate from the University of Toronto in 1967 for the thesis Fur Trade and Empire: An Institutional Analysis.[3] He was a student of Karl Polanyi.[4]
Rotstein was married for much of his life to Diane, with whom he had two children.[5] After his retirement from the University of Toronto, he came out as gay.[5]
