# Abraham Rotstein

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'''Abraham Rotstein''' (10 April 1929 – 27 April 2015) was a Canadian economist who was a professor of [economics](/source/economics) at the [University of Toronto](/source/University_of_Toronto).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CdtIAQAAIAAJ&q=%22K1P+5G3.+ROTSTEIN,+Abraham,+B.A.,+Ph.D.;+educator;+b.+Montr%C3%A9al,*%22|title=The Canadian Who's who|year=1986|publisher=University of Toronto Press |isbn=9780802046321}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.economics.utoronto.ca/index.php/index/person/person/faculty/64|title=U of T : Economics : Abraham Rotstein|work=utoronto.ca}}</ref> He was a [fellow](/source/fellow) of [Massey College](/source/Massey_College). He is best known as a co-founder of the [Committee for an Independent Canada](/source/Committee_for_an_Independent_Canada). He received his doctorate from the  [University of Toronto](/source/University_of_Toronto) in 1967 for the thesis ''Fur Trade and Empire: An Institutional Analysis''.<ref>{{cite book|title=Fur Trade and Empire: An Institutional Analysis / Abraham Rotstein.. --|oclc=224239930}}</ref> He was a student of [Karl Polanyi](/source/Karl_Polanyi).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/04/29/abraham-rotstein-a-skeptical-economist-who-made-sense-walkom.html|title=Abraham Rotstein a skeptical economist who made sense: Walkom|date=29 April 2015|work=thestar.com}}</ref>

Rotstein was married for much of his life to Diane, with whom he had two children.<ref name=globeobit>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/abraham-rotstein-educator-led-nationalism-on-the-left/article24471848/ "Abraham Rotstein: Educator led ‘nationalism on the left’"]. ''[The Globe and Mail](/source/The_Globe_and_Mail)'', May 17, 2015.</ref> After his retirement from the University of Toronto, he came out as [gay](/source/gay).<ref name=globeobit/>

==Publications==
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===Articles and addresses===
*Rotstein, Abraham. "Foreign Ownership of Industry: A New Canadian Approach." ''The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs ,'' Vol. 58, No. 231 (July 1968): 260–268. {{doi|10.1080/00358536808452754}}
*Rotstein, Abraham. "Karl Polanyi's Concept of NonMarket Trade," The Journal of Economic History, Vol. XXX, March 1970, pp.&nbsp;117–26
*Rotstein, Abraham. "Canada: The New Nationalism." ''Foreign Affairs,'' No. 55 (October 1976): 97–118. 
*Rotstein, Abraham. "Is There a Canadian Nationalism?" In ''Goals for Canada: Walter L. Gordon Lecture Series, 1977–78''. Toronto: Canada Studies Foundation, 1978. 
*Rotstein, Abraham. "Is There an English-Canadian Nationalism?" ''Journal of Canadian Studies'', Vol. 13, No. 2 (May 1978): 109–118. {{ISSN|0021-9495}}
*Rotstein, Abraham. "Innis: The Alchemy of Fur and Wheat "Journal of Canadian Studies/Revue d'études canadiennes, Volume 12, Number 5, Winter 1977, pp.&nbsp;6–31

===Books===
*Rotstein, Abraham. ''Beyond Industrial Growth''. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1976 {{ISBN|978-0-8020-6286-4}} <ref>{{cite book|title=Beyond industrial growth|oclc=002091541}}</ref>
**Review, ''Canadian Public Policy'', Spring, 1978, vol. 4, no. 2, p.&nbsp;271–272
**Review, ''Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews'', Jul., 1977, vol. 6, no. 4, p.&nbsp;487–488
*Rotstein, Abraham, and Gary Lax. ''Getting It Back: A Program for Canadian Independence''. Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1974. {{ISBN|978-0-7720-0694-3}}  <ref>{{cite book|title=Getting it back : a program for Canadian independence|oclc=986072}}</ref> 
*Rotstein, Abraham.'' The Precarious Homestead; Essays on Economics, Technology and Nationalism.'' Toronto: New Press, 1973. {{ISBN|978-0-88770-711-7}}  <ref>{{cite book|title=The precarious homestead; essays on economics, technology and nationalism.|oclc=000781769}}</ref> 
*Rotstein, Abraham, and Gary Lax. ''Independence: the Canadian Challenge''. Toronto: Committee for an Independent Canada, 1972. {{ISBN|978-0-7710-7746-3}}   <ref>{{cite book|title=Independence: the Canadian challenge.|oclc=521354}}</ref> 
*Abraham Rotstein.'' The Prospect of Change: Proposals for Canada's Future.'' McGraw-Hill, 1965. {{OCLC|5778078}}    <ref>{{cite book|title=The prospect of change: proposals for Canada's future.|oclc=5778078}}</ref> 
**Reviewed by J R Mallory; ''International Journal,'' Autumn, 1965, vol. 20, no. 4, p.&nbsp;548–549  <ref>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/40199690 JSTOR]</ref>

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