Dr. De Vany was a participant in Closer to Truth:
 
          Show 108, "Can You Really Extend Your Life?"

Dr. Arthur S. De Vany

Arthur S. De Vany is professor of economics at the University of California at Irvine, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses and directs Ph.D. dissertations in economic theory, the organization of industry, and the economics of information and institutions. He has published theoretical and empirical studies of more than a dozen industries.  His recent work is on emergent coordination and organization in economic systems, information cascades in networks, and uncertainty in the motion picture business.  

Dr. De Vany has held positions at the General Electric Center for Advanced Studies, the Center for Naval Analyses, Texas A & M University, the University of Chicago, Simon Fraser University, and the University of Houston.  He was a founder of Resources Research Corporation and served on various National Academy of Sciences committees and the American Statistical Association Advisory Committee to the Civil Aeronautics Board. He has consulted to many government agencies, corporations and law firms.

De Vany is a former professional baseball player and a lifelong fitness buff whose theories of Evolutionary Fitness, a forthcoming book, are unusual.

To find our more please visit Dr. De Vany's website:

http://www.evolutionaryfitness.com/

or his homepage:

http://aris.ss.uci.edu/econ/personnel/devany/devany.html