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.
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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 [1]
- Gary Becker, Nobel prize (1992) [2]
- Ben Bernanke, economist and current (2007) Chairman of the Federal Reserve [2]
- Walter Block, Harold E. Wirth Endowed Chair in Economics at Loyola University in New Orleans [3]
- George Dantzig, economist [4]
- Richard Ehrenberg, economist [5]
- Robert Fogel, Nobel prize (1993) [2]
- Milton Friedman, Nobel prize (1976) [2]
- Charles Goodhart,[3] Bank of England economist
- Alan Greenspan, economist and former Chairman of the Federal Reserve [6]
- Zvi Griliches, economist [7]
H-L
- John Harsanyi, Nobel prize (1994) [2]
- Noreena Hertz [8], economist & activist
- Hendrik Houthakker, economist [9]
- Leonid Hurwicz, economist, Nobel prize (2007) [2]
- Richard Kahn, Baron Kahn [10], economist: multiplier
- Daniel Kahneman, Nobel prize (2002) [2]
- Nicholas Kaldor [11], economist
- Leonid Kantorovich, Nobel prize (1975) [2]
- Israel Kirzner [12], economist (UK-born)
- Lawrence Klein, Nobel prize (1980) [2]
- János Kornai, economist [13]
- Paul Krugman, economist [14]
- Simon Kuznets, Nobel prize (1971) [2]
- Ludwig Lachmann, economist[4]
- Harold Laski, economist (The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia, ed Geoffrey Wigoder, 5th ed 1977, pp. 1182-3)
- Emil Lederer, economist [5]
- Wassily Leontief, Nobel prize (1973) [2]
- Leone Levi, political economist [15]
- Robert Liefmann, economist[16]
- Ephraim Lipson, economic historian [6]
- Adolph Lowe, economist[17]
- Rosa Luxemburg, economist, co-founder of the KPD[18]
M-Z
- Harry Markowitz, Nobel prize (1990) [2]
- Morton J. Marcus, economist
- Jacob Marschak [19], economist
- Karl Marx, inventor of Marxist economics [7]
- Eric Maskin, Nobel prize (2007) [2]
- Robert Merton, Nobel prize [20] (1997)
- Merton Miller, Nobel prize (1990) [2]
- Ludwig von Mises [21], economist
- Franco Modigliani, Nobel prize (1985) [2]
- Roger Myerson, Nobel prize (2007) [2]
- Fritz Naphtali, economist, editor, later Israeli finance minister[8]
- John von Neumann [22]
- Alexander Nove, economist (JYB 1990 p202)
- Sigbert Prais, economist (JYB 2005 p215)
- David Ricardo [23], economist (converted to Quakerism)
- Murray Rothbard [24], economist
- Paul Samuelson, Nobel prize (1970) [2]
- Myron Scholes, Nobel prize (1997) [2]
- Arthur Seldon [25], economist
- Reinhard Selten, Nobel prize [26] (1994)
- Herbert Simon, Nobel prize (1978) [2]
- Sir Hans Singer, economist [9]
- Robert Solow, Nobel prize (1987) [2]
- Piero Sraffa [27], economist
- Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel prize (2001) [2]
- Jacob Viner, Canadian economist (JYB 1975 p214)
- Abraham Wald [28], economist
- Basil Yamey, economist (JYB 2005 p215,315)
See also
References
- JYB = Jewish Year Book
Footnotes
- ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2nd ed., art. "Aftalion, Albert"
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w Virtual Jewish Library, list of Nobel Prizewinners
- ^ Flade, Ronald. 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.
- ^ Hayek's Challenge: An Intellectual Biography of F. A. Hayek - Pg 145
- ^ JInfo list of economists accessed 17 May 2007
- ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica, art. "Historians"
- ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica, art. "Marx, Karl"
- ^ Riemer, Yehuda. Fritz Peretz Naphtali, A Social Democrat in Two Worlds. Hassifriya Haziyonit, Jerusalem 1996
- ^ The Economist, March 11th 2006 p95: "born a Jew"
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