Arthur M. Diamond, Jr. earned graduate degrees in philosophy and in economics from the University of Chicago, where he also was awarded a Post-Doctoral Fellowship with economics Nobel Prize laureate Gary Becker. He was on the faculty at The Ohio State University and is now Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO). He is the author of Openness to Creative Destruction: Sustaining Innovative Dynamism from Oxford University Press that shows how life has improved through innovation, how innovation has occurred through the efforts of inventors and innovative entrepreneurs, how workers on balance benefit from a system of innovative dynamism, and how policies can be crafted to encourage the innovative entrepreneur to bring us more innovations. Diamond has published many journal articles, most recently focusing mainly on labor economics and economics of technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship. His current main project is Less Costs, More Cures: Unbinding Medical Entrepreneurs. His nonacademic contributions include the script for “Frank Knight and the Chicago School,” many op-eds, and postings on artdiamondblog.com. He is a recipient of The Journal of Private Enterprise’s “Best Educational Note Award.” Diamond is a Senior Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER), a Fellow at the Adam Smith Institute (ASI), a member of the Faculty Network of the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), an Affiliated Scholar at the Institute for Humane Studies (IHS), and a member of The Mont Pelerin Society.
