David P. Levine is Professor Emeritus in the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver. He holds a PhD in economics from Yale University and a Certificate in Psychoanalytic Scholarship from the Colorado Center for Psychoanalytic Studies. Prior to his retirement, he held academic positions at Yale University and the University of Denver. In addition to his work in political economy, he has published numerous books in the field of applied psychoanalysis, including most recently 'Psychoanalysis, Society, and the Inner World: On Embedded Meaning in Politics and Social Conflict', 'Psychoanalytic Studies of Creativity, Greed, and Fine Art: Making Contact with the Self', 'Object Relations, Work, and the Self', 'The Capacity for Civic Engagement: Public and Private Worlds of the Self', and 'The Capacity for Ethical Conduct: On Psychic Existence and the Way We Relate to Others'. He is a member of the International Society for the Psychoanalytic Study of Organizations and served for several years as a member of the Executive Board of the Colorado Society for Psychology and Psychoanalysis.