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List of Jewish economists

List of Jewish economists is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of Jewish economists rather than just read about it. In short: This list of Jewish economists includes economists who are or were verifiably Jewish or of Jewish descent. A–G Albert Aftalion, Bulgarian-born French economist George Akerlof, Nobel Prize (2001) Joshua Angrist, Nobel Prize (2021) Kenneth Arrow, Nobel Prize (1972) Robert Aumann, Nobel Prize (2005) Lord Bauer, economist Gary Becker, Nobel Prize (1992) Yoram Ben-Porat (died 1992), Israeli economist and president of the…

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This list of Jewish economists includes economists who are or were verifiably Jewish or of Jewish descent.

A–G

Albert Aftalion, Bulgarian-born French economist George Akerlof, Nobel Prize (2001) Joshua Angrist, Nobel Prize (2021) Kenneth Arrow, Nobel Prize (1972) Robert Aumann, Nobel Prize (2005) Lord Bauer, economist Gary Becker, Nobel Prize (1992) Yoram Ben-Porat (died 1992), Israeli economist and president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Ben Bernanke, economist and former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jared Bernstein Mario Blejer, Argentine economist and former President of the Central Bank of Argentina in 2002. 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 Amy Finkelstein, economist, John Bates Clark Medal (2012) 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) Henry Hazlitt, half-Jewish Austrian economist *Arnold Heertje, Dutch Rudolf Hilferding, Austrian-German marxist economist Leonid Hurwicz, Nobel Prize (2007) Richard Kahn, Baron Kahn, economist: multiplier Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize (2002) Leonid Kantorovich, Nobel Prize (1975) Israel Kirzner, economist (UK-born) Lawrence Klein, Nobel Prize (1980) János Kornai, Hungarian Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize (2008) Simon Kuznets, Nobel Prize (1971) Vladimir Kvint, economist and strategist Ludwig Lachmann, economist Harold Laski, economist 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, German Rosa Luxemburg, economist, co-founder of the KPD

M–Z Stephen Marglin, American Harry Markowitz, Nobel Prize (1990), John von Neumann Theory Prize (1989) Karl Marx, inventor of Marxist economics Karl Marx was ethnically Jewish. His maternal grandfather was a Dutch rabbi, while his paternal line had supplied Trier's rabbis since 1723, a role taken by his grandfather Meier Halevi Marx. Eric Maskin, Nobel Prize (2007) Robert C. Merton, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1997) Paul Milgrom, Nobel Prize (2020) Merton Miller, Nobel Prize (1990) Hyman Minsky, American Frederic Mishkin, American Noreena Hertz, economist and activist Ludwig von Mises, Austrian School Franco Modigliani, Nobel Prize (1985) Toby Moskowitz, financial economist, Fischer Black Prize (2007) Roger Myerson, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2007) William Nordhaus, BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2017), Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2018) Alexander Nove Arthur Melvin Okun, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (1968-1969) Don Patinkin, Israeli Sigbert Prais, economist Karl Polanyi, Austrian-Hungarian economist and economic historian Roy Radner, American who developed the Radner equilibrium concept 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 Paul Samuelson, Nobel Prize (1970) Myron Scholes, Nobel Prize (1997) Anna Schwartz, economist who published A Monetary History of the United States, 1867–1960 (1963), which laid a large portion of the blame for the Great Depression at the door of the Federal Reserve System. President of the Western Economic Association International (1988) Arthur Seldon, economist Herbert A. Simon, Nobel Prize (1978) Sir Hans Singer, known for the Prebisch–Singer thesis Robert Solow, Nobel Prize (1987) Gene Sperling, Director of the National Economic Council (2011-2014) Piero Sraffa, Italian economist Herbert Stein, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (1971-1974) Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize (2001) Lawrence Summers, economist, Treasury Secretary, Harvard President, former Chief Economist at the World Bank, John Bates Clark Medal (1993) Richard Thaler, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2017) Jacob Viner, Canadian economist Leo Wolman, American economist. Basil Yamey, South African economist Janet Yellen, economist, former chair of the US Federal Reserve Bank

See also List of Jewish American economists

References JYB = Jewish Year Book Footnotes

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This list of Jewish economists includes economists who are or were verifiably Jewish or of Jewish descent. A–G Albert Aftalion, Bulgarian-born French economist George Akerlof, Nobel Prize (2001) Joshua Angrist, Nobel Prize (2021) Kenneth Arrow, Nobel Prize (1972) Robert Aumann, Nobel Prize (2005) L…

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