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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
  • George Akerlof, Nobel prize (2001)
  • Kenneth Arrow, Nobel prize (1972)
  • Robert Aumann, Nobel prize (2005)
  • Lord Bauer, economist
  • Gary Becker, Nobel prize (1992)
  • Ben Bernanke, economist and former Chairman of the Federal Reserve
  • Walter Block, Harold E. Wirth Endowed Chair in Economics at Loyola University in New Orleans
  • Arthur Burns, economist and former Chairman of the Federal Reserve
  • Otto Eckstein, a key developer of the idea of core inflation.
  • Richard Ehrenberg, economist
  • Martin Feldstein, Harvard Professor; Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors in the Reagan Administration
  • Robert Fogel, Nobel prize (1993)
  • Milton Friedman, Nobel prize (1976)
  • Barry Goldwater, half-Jewish American economist
  • Charles Goodhart, Bank of England economist
  • Alan Greenspan, economist and former Chairman of the Federal Reserve

    • H-L

  • John Harsanyi, Nobel prize (1994)
  • Arnold Heertje, Dutch economist* Leonid Hurwicz, Nobel prize (2007)
  • Rudolf Hilferding, Austrian-German marxist economist
  • Richard Kahn, Baron Kahn, economist: multiplier
  • Daniel Kahneman, Nobel prize (2002)
  • Leonid Kantorovich, Nobel prize (1975)
  • Henry Hazlitt, half-Jewish Austrian economist [Citation needed]
  • Israel Kirzner, economist (UK-born)
  • Lawrence Klein, Nobel prize (1980)
  • János Kornai, economist
  • Paul Krugman, Nobel prize (2008)
  • Simon Kuznets, Nobel prize (1971)
  • Vladimir Kvint, economist and strategist
  • Ludwig Lachmann, economist
  • Harold Laski, economist (The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia, ed Geoffrey Wigoder, 5th ed 1977, pp. 1182–3)
  • Emil Lederer, economist
  • Wassily Leontief, Nobel prize (1973)
  • Abba P. Lerner, Russian-born British economist
  • Leone Levi, political economist
  • Robert Liefmann, economist
  • Ephraim Lipson, economic historian
  • Adolph Lowe, economist
  • Rosa Luxemburg, economist, co-founder of the KPD

    • M-Z

  • Stephen Marglin, American economist
  • Harry Markowitz, Nobel prize (1990)
  • Karl Marx, inventor of Marxist economics
  • Merton Miller, Nobel prize (1990)
  • Hyman Minsky economist
  • Noreena Hertz, economist & activist
  • Ludwig von Mises, Austrian School economist
  • Franco Modigliani, Nobel prize (1985)
  • Toby Moskowitz, financial economist
  • 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, economist (converted to Quakerism)
  • Alvin E. Roth, Nobel prize (2012)
  • Murray Rothbard, Austrian School economist, writer, libertarian, and father of anarcho-capitalism.
  • Nouriel Roubini, Iranian-American macroeconomist
  • Paul Samuelson, Nobel prize (1970)
  • Arthur Seldon, economist
  • Herbert A. Simon, Nobel prize (1978)
  • Sir Hans Singer, economist
  • Robert Solow, Nobel prize (1987)
  • Gene Sperling
  • Piero Sraffa, economist
  • Herbert Stein, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (1971-1974)
  • Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel prize (2001)
  • 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

    List of Jewish economists Wikipedia
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