Facts: - influences: karl marx , samuel bowles - death date: 16 march 1996 - institution: graduate faculty , new school for social research - field: macroeconomics , political economy , labor economics - school tradition: neo-marxian economics - birth date: 04 may 1944 - name: david gordon - color: red - nationality: american - image: davidmgordon.jpg - birth place: washington , d.c. - alma mater: harvard university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of david gordon -lrb- economist -rrb- .
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david m. gordon -lrb- 1944 -- march 16 , 1996 -rrb- was an american economist and professor of economics at the graduate faculty of the new school for social research .he founded the institute for labor education and research in 1975 and later the schwartz center for economic policy analysis in new york city .gordon worked to disseminate progressive economic ideas to the general public and to contribute to the development of a left-political movement in the united states .gordon 's work dealt mainly with discrimination and labor market segmentation .he coined the term '' social structure of accumulation '' which gave rise to an extensive body of work on the impact of political , social and economic institutions on long-term investment and growth .