Hugh Richards

Hugh Richards received a B.S. in geology from Oberlin College, an M.F.A. in ¬lmmaking from the University of Washington, and an M.S. in the economics of natural resources from the University of Alaska, specializing in ¬sheries economics and valuation of indigenous peoples subsistence activities. He has ten years experience in forensic economics, dealing mostly with lost earnings, non-market services (including the widespread Alaskan practice of providing well-being for one's family through...See more

Hugh Richards received a B.S. in geology from Oberlin College, an M.F.A. in ¬lmmaking from the University of Washington, and an M.S. in the economics of natural resources from the University of Alaska, specializing in ¬sheries economics and valuation of indigenous peoples subsistence activities. He has ten years experience in forensic economics, dealing mostly with lost earnings, non-market services (including the widespread Alaskan practice of providing well-being for one's family through hunting, ¬shing, ¬rewood, etc.) and retirement bene¬ts; and he has been proprietor of Economic Consultants of the North since 1994. He is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, the National Association of Forensic Economists, the American Academy of Economic and Financial Experts, the Western Economic Association, and the American Economic Association. Mr. Richards' publications have dealt primarily, but not exclusively, with life and worklife expectancies. See less