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Michael D. Yates (born 1946) is an economist and a labor educator, and associate editor of the socialist magazine ''Monthly Review'' (MR). He advocates a socialist view of economics.〔Stevenson, ''Labour/Le Travail,'' #55 (Spring 2005).〕 ==Early life and education== Yates was born in a small coal mining town about 40 miles north of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His grandmother worked on a barge boat as a cook and a servant for families in Manhattan, Newport and other wealthy enclaves. His immediate family had a long history working at dangerous, unhealthy jobs in the coal mines. At the age of 14, his mother took a job unloading dynamite at the entrance of the coal mines. His mother, uncle and grandmother all suffered from severe asthma from the dust generated by the mines. His father suffered emphysema from inhaling asbestos and silica dust at work.〔Seidman, Counterpunch, Nov. 26, 2003.〕 Life for the Yates was a difficult one. Yates' father did not live with the family; the only employment he could get was in a glass factory several miles away. The Yates home did not have running water or an indoor toilet, and was owned by the mining company. When Michael was one year old, his mother moved the family to be with his father.〔 These experiences had a deep impact on Yates, radicalizing him. As the Vietnam War intensified while he was a graduate student, his leftist tendencies strengthened: :I am sure that the experience of growing up in the heart of the working class and learning from my parents, and especially from my grandmother ... that life was not especially fair and always full of bad possibilities, helped shape my future take on life. Then what really transformed my thinking was the war in Vietnam and trying to be a good teacher. The war was so obviously evil and bore down most heavily upon working class youth that it made me think about things more deeply than I had before. It disillusioned me completely and forever about the government. And it made me aware that the media and the government lied almost as a matter of course. But it also opened my eyes to what was really going on in this country.〔 Yates attended graduate school at the University of Pittsburgh (UP) from 1967 to 1973, although only the first two years were full-time. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Yates (economist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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