List of Jewish economists
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List of Jewish economists is a list that includes economists who are or were verifiably Jewish or of Jewish descent.
Contents
A-G
- Albert Aftalion, Bulgarian-born French economist [1]
- George Akerlof, Nobel prize (2001) [2]
- Kenneth Arrow, Nobel prize (1972) [2]
- Robert Aumann, Nobel prize (2005) [2]
- Lord Bauer, economist [3]
- Gary Becker, Nobel prize (1992) [2]
- Ben Bernanke, economist and former Chairman of the Federal Reserve [4]
- Walter Block, Harold E. Wirth Endowed Chair in Economics at Loyola University in New Orleans [5]
- Arthur Burns, economist and former Chairman of the Federal Reserve [6]
- Otto Eckstein, a key developer of the idea of core inflation.
- Richard Ehrenberg, economist [7]
- Martin Feldstein, Harvard Professor; Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors in the Reagan Administration
- Robert Fogel, Nobel prize (1993) [2]
- Milton Friedman, Nobel prize (1976) [2]
- Barry Goldwater, half-Jewish American economist
- Charles Goodhart,[8] Bank of England economist
- Alan Greenspan, economist and former Chairman of the Federal Reserve [9]
H-L
- John Harsanyi, Nobel prize (1994) [2]
- Arnold Heertje, Dutch economist* Leonid Hurwicz, Nobel prize (2007) [2]
- Rudolf Hilferding, Austrian-German marxist economist
- Richard Kahn, Baron Kahn, economist: multiplier
- Daniel Kahneman, Nobel prize (2002) [2]
- Leonid Kantorovich, Nobel prize (1975) [2]
- Henry Hazlitt, half-Jewish Austrian economist [Citation needed]
- Israel Kirzner,[10] economist (UK-born)
- Lawrence Klein, Nobel prize (1980) [2]
- János Kornai, economist [9]
- Paul Krugman, Nobel prize (2008)[11]
- Simon Kuznets, Nobel prize (1971) [2]
- Vladimir Kvint, economist and strategist [9]
- Ludwig Lachmann, economist[12]
- Harold Laski, economist (The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia, ed Geoffrey Wigoder, 5th ed 1977, pp. 1182–3)
- Emil Lederer, economist [13]
- Wassily Leontief, Nobel prize (1973) [2]
- Abba P. Lerner, Russian-born British economist
- Leone Levi, political economist [14]
- Robert Liefmann, economist[15]
- Ephraim Lipson, economic historian [16]
- Adolph Lowe, economist[17]
- Rosa Luxemburg, economist, co-founder of the KPD[18]
M-Z
- Stephen Marglin, American economist
- Harry Markowitz, Nobel prize (1990) [2]
- Karl Marx, inventor of Marxist economics [19]
- Merton Miller, Nobel prize (1990) [2]
- Hyman Minsky economist
- Noreena Hertz,[20] economist & activist
- Ludwig von Mises, Austrian School economist
- Franco Modigliani, Nobel prize (1985) [2]
- Toby Moskowitz, financial economist [21]
- Alexander Nove, economist (JYB 1990 p202)
- Arthur Melvin Okun, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (1968-1969)
- Sigbert Prais, economist (JYB 2005 p215)
- Karl Polanyi, Austrian-Hungarian economist and economic historian
- David Ricardo,[22] economist (converted to Quakerism)
- Murray Rothbard, Austrian School economist, writer, libertarian, and father of anarcho-capitalism.
- Nouriel Roubini, Iranian-American macroeconomist [23]
- Paul Samuelson, Nobel prize (1970) [2]
- Arthur Seldon,[24] economist
- Herbert A. Simon, Nobel prize (1978) [2]
- Sir Hans Singer, economist [25]
- Robert Solow, Nobel prize (1987) [2]
- Gene Sperling
- Piero Sraffa,[9] economist
- Herbert Stein, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (1971-1974)
- Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel prize (2001) [2]
- Lawrence Summers, economist, Treasury Secretary, and Harvard President
- Jacob Viner, Canadian economist (JYB 1975 p214)
- Basil Yamey, economist (JYB 2005 p215,315)
- Janet Yellen, economist, Chair of the US Federal Reserve Bank
References
- JYB = Jewish Year Book
Footnotes
- ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica, 2nd ed., art. "Aftalion, Albert"
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- ↑ Flade, Roland. The Lehmans: From Rimpar to the New World: A Family History, 2nd Enlarged Ed., 1999; reviewed by the American Jewish Historical Society. Accessed 14 Nov 2006.
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- ↑ Hayek's Challenge: An Intellectual Biography of F. A. Hayek – Pg 145
- ↑ JInfo list of economists accessed 17 May 2007
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- ↑ Encyclopaedia Judaica, art. "Marx, Karl"
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20030425151954/http://www.jewishartsfest.org/index.cfm?page=single.cfm§ionid=226
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- ↑ The Economist, March 11th 2006 p95: "born a Jew"
