After a year at the
London School of Economics in 1938–39, Weintraub received a Ph.D. from
New York University in 1941, and worked at the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York until 1943, when he was drafted into the U.S. Army. In 1945 he joined the faculty of
St. John's University in Brooklyn, New York. In 1950 he joined the faculty of the
University of Pennsylvania. In 1957 he was awarded a
Ford Foundation fellowship to travel to Europe. In 1969–70 he taught at the
University of Waterloo. In 1972–3 he wrote a weekly column for the
Philadelphia Bulletin. During his career he gave over 500 guest lectures in the U.S., Canada, and Europe, and published 18 books, 80+ scholarly articles, and 50+ popular articles. His students include
Paul Davidson and
Douglas Peters. In August 1940 he married Sheila Tarlow. He is the father of the mathematical economist
E. Roy Weintraub. ==Publications==