Dr. David Chaplin, A native of Los Angeles, eamed his Ph.D. in Economics
from Colorado State University and currently serves as Associate Professor of
Economics at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho. An elite referee
and judge with the International Boxing Association (Lausanne, Switzerland),
David has creatively merged his passions for economics and boxing in the
following recent scholarly articles: 1). “Blood, Sweat and Fears: The Need for a
Professional Boxers’ Pension Plan” {Journal o f Sport and Social Issues, Volume
36, Number 4, 2012), and 2). “Pay and Race in World Championship Boxing”
{Journal o f Economics, Volume 38, Number 1, 2012). He is also a keen Student
of cinema and integrates analyses of film into his economics courses; he finds
two of Montgomery Clift’s early films {The Search, 1948 and The Big Lift,
1950) as ideal vehicles for effectively conveying basic economic principles and
providing emotionally engaging and intellectually rewarding entertainment.
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