Maxine Bernard Yaple Sweezy Woolston (September 16, 1911 – April 29, 2004)[1] was an American economist.

[1] Raised in the Kansas City area, she attended Northeast High School.

Her examination of the Nazi economy was used by the US military to assist in selecting industrial bombing targets during World War II.

[7] Maxine Bernard Yaple Sweezy Woolston died on 29 April 2004 in Guilford, Connecticut.

[1] Yaple was married to economist Paul Sweezy and lawyer William Jenks Woolston.