詹姆士·奥康纳(James O’Connor,)是美国新一代激进经济学家的最重要的代表人物之一。他曾在美国圣劳伦斯大学学习,获哥伦比亚大学文学士和哲学博士学位;先后在巴纳德学院、圣路易斯的华盛顿大学、圣约瑟的加利福尼亚大学任教,现在圣克鲁斯的加利福尼亚大学任社会学和经济学教授。 奥康纳最先引起学术界注意的著作,是1970年发表的论述古巴问题的《古巴社会主义的起源》。1973年他发表了《国家的财政危机》。在美国激进经济学范围内,这部著作同保罗·巴兰和保罗·斯 James O’Connor, one of the most important representatives of the new generation of radical economists in the United States. He studied at the University of St. Lawrence in the United States with a Bachelor of Arts and Ph.D. degree from Columbia University. He taught at Barnard College, Washington University in St. Louis, and University of California, San Jose. Now the University of California at Santa Cruz serves as Sociology And economics professor. O’Connor’s first book to draw the attention of academics was “The Origins of Cuban Socialism”, which was published in 1970 to address the Cuban issue. In 1973 he published the “National Financial Crisis.” In the context of radical American economics, the work is with Paul Baran and Paul Smith