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David A. Westbrook

David Albert Westbrook is a German-born American author, academic and legal expert. He is Louis A. Del Cotto professor and co-directs the NYC Program in Finance and Law at the University at Buffalo School of Law, State University of New York.

Westbrook writes on the social and intellectual consequences of contemporary political economy as expressed in corporations and finance, international law, globalization and social theory. Westbrook has authored several books including ''City Of Gold: An Apology for Global Capitalism in a Time of Discontent'', ''Navigators of the Contemporary: Why Ethnography Matters'', and ''Getting Through Security: Counterterrorism, Bureaucracy, and a Sense of the Modern''.

In the wake of the financial crisis, Westbrook spoke about political economy and the fragilities of capitalism in China, Pakistan, Jamaica, Brazil and Portugal. Provided by Wikipedia