Arthur Melvin Okun

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
(Redirected from Arthur Okun)
Jump to: navigation, search
Arthur M. Okun
Arthur Melvin Okun.jpg
Born (1928-11-28)November 28, 1928
Jersey City, New Jersey
Died Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist.
Washington, D. C.
Nationality United States
Institution Yale University
Field Macroeconomics
School or tradition
Neo-Keynesian economics
Alma mater Columbia University
Influences John Maynard Keynes
Influenced Bill Mitchell
Contributions Okun's law

Arthur Melvin "Art" Okun (November 28, 1928 – March 23, 1980) was an American economist. He served as the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers between 1968 and 1969. Before serving on the C.E.A., he was a professor at Yale University, and afterwards was a fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.

Okun is known in particular for promulgating Okun's law, an observed relationship that states that for every 1% increase in the unemployment rate, a country's GDP will be roughly an additional 2% lower than its potential GDP. He is also known as the creator of the misery index.

Works

  • Equality and Efficiency: The Big Trade Off (Washington, Brookings, 1975)
  • Prices and Quantities: A Macroeconomic Analysis, see here (1981) ISBN 0-8157-6480-4

References

External links

  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Government offices
Preceded by Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers
1968–1969
Succeeded by
Paul McCracken


<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>