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Magdoff studied mathematics and physics from 1930 to 1933 at the City College of New York taking engineering, math and physics courses; he was active in the Social Problems Club with many schoolmates who later joined the [[Abraham Lincoln Brigade]], a [[Comintern]] organization that fought in the [[Spanish Civil War]].  Magdoff attended New York University after 1933, where he studied [[economics]] and [[statistics]], receiving a B.S. in Economics in 1935.  He was suspended and later expelled from City College for activities related to editing ''Frontiers'' (a radical student magazine not sanctioned by the school), including participation in a mock trial of the school's President and its Director.

Magdoff studied mathematics and physics from 1930 to 1933 at the City College of New York taking engineering, math and physics courses; he was active in the Social Problems Club with many schoolmates who later joined the [[Abraham Lincoln Brigade]], a [[Comintern]] organization that fought in the [[Spanish Civil War]].  Magdoff attended New York University after 1933, where he studied [[economics]] and [[statistics]], receiving a B.S. in Economics in 1935.  He was suspended and later expelled from City College for activities related to editing ''Frontiers'' (a radical student magazine not sanctioned by the school), including participation in a mock trial of the school's President and its Director.

==Government service and post-war employment==

==Government infiltration and post-war employment==

In the mid-1930s, Magdoff moved to Philadelphia to take a job with the [[Works Progress Administration]] measuring the productivity of various manufacturing industries.  [[David Weintraub]] assisted him with letters of recommendation to get a job with the government. By 1940 Magdoff was working for the [[New Deal]] Works Progress Administration (WPA) as its Principal Statistician.  During [[World War II]] Magdoff worked on the [[War Production Board]], in the Statistical and Tools Divisions.

In the mid-1930s, Magdoff moved to Philadelphia to take a job with the [[Works Progress Administration]] measuring the productivity of various manufacturing industries.  [[David Weintraub]] assisted him with letters of recommendation to get a job with the government. By 1940 Magdoff was working for the [[New Deal]] Works Progress Administration (WPA) as its Principal Statistician.  During [[World War II]] Magdoff worked on the [[War Production Board]], in the Statistical and Tools Divisions.