List of Jewish economists
List of Jewish economists is a list that includes economists who are or were verifiably Jewish or of Jewish descent.
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 current (2007) 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]
- Richard Ehrenberg, economist [7]
- Robert Fogel, Nobel prize (1993) [2]
- Milton Friedman, Nobel prize (1976) [2]
- 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]
- Noreena Hertz,[10] economist & activist
- Leonid Hurwicz, Nobel prize (2007) [2]
- Richard Kahn, Baron Kahn, economist: multiplier
- Daniel Kahneman, Nobel prize (2002) [2]
- Leonid Kantorovich, Nobel prize (1975) [2]
- Israel Kirzner,[11] economist (UK-born)
- Lawrence Klein, Nobel prize (1980) [2]
- János Kornai, economist [9]
- Paul Krugman, Nobel prize (2008)[12]
- Simon Kuznets, Nobel prize (1971) [2]
- Vladimir Kvint, economist and strategist [9]
- Ludwig Lachmann, economist[13]
- Harold Laski, economist (The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia, ed Geoffrey Wigoder, 5th ed 1977, pp. 1182–3)
- Emil Lederer, economist [14]
- Wassily Leontief, Nobel prize (1973) [2]
- Leone Levi, political economist [15]
- Robert Liefmann, economist[16]
- Ephraim Lipson, economic historian [17]
- Adolph Lowe, economist[18]
- Rosa Luxemburg, economist, co-founder of the KPD[19]
M-Z
- Stephen Marglin, American economist
- Harry Markowitz, Nobel prize (1990) [2]
- Karl Marx, inventor of Marxist economics [20]
- Merton Miller, Nobel prize (1990) [2]
- Ludwig von Mises, Austrian School economist
- Franco Modigliani, Nobel prize (1985) [2]
- Toby Moskowitz, financial economist [21]
- Alexander Nove, economist (JYB 1990 p202)
- Sigbert Prais, economist (JYB 2005 p215)
- David Ricardo,[22] economist (converted to Quakerism)
- Murray Rothbard, Austrian School economist 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]
- Piero Sraffa,[9] economist
- Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel prize (2001) [2]
- Jacob Viner, Canadian economist (JYB 1975 p214)
- Basil Yamey, economist (JYB 2005 p215,315)
References
- JYB = Jewish Year Book
Footnotes
- ^ Encyclopædia 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 "Virtual Jewish Library, list of Nobel Prizewinners". Jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
- ^ "Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday". Telegraph. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ White, Ben (November 15, 2005). "Bernanke Unwrapped". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ "The Libertarian Big Tent by Walter Block and Tennyson McCalla". Lewrockwell.com. December 6, 2006. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ "FRB Membership of Board of Governors". federalreserve.gov. October 4, 2010. Retrieved Jul 15, 2011.
- ^ "University of Sussex: Special Collections – Elton/Ehrenberg Papers: Item details". Sussex.ac.uk. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d JINFO. "Jewish Economists". Jinfo.org. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:Sjc7gNqcp_YJ:www.jewishartsfest.org/index.cfm%3Fpage%3Dsingle.cfm%26sectionid%3D226+%22Noreena+Hertz%22+Jewish&hl=en
- ^ "Making Sense of Jewish Stereotypes". Fff.org. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Paul Krugman (2003-10-28). "A Willful Ignorance". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-04-17. "Sure enough, I was accused in various places not just of 'tolerance for anti-Semitism' (yes, I'm Jewish) [...]"
- ^ Hayek's Challenge: An Intellectual Biography of F. A. Hayek – Pg 145
- ^ JInfo list of economists accessed 17 May 2007
- ^ "Leone Levi – LoveToKnow 1911". 1911encyclopedia.org. May 18, 2006. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ "Living — International Office". Io.uni-freiburg.de. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica, art. "Historians"
- ^ "Adolph Lowe Papers". Library.albany.edu. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ "Glossary of People: L". Marxists.org. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica, art. "Marx, Karl"
- ^ Moskowitz, Tobias J.; Wertheim, L. Jon (2011). Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won. Crown Archetype.
- ^ "David Ricardo". Cepa.newschool.edu. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
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- ^ Alfred Sherman (October 13, 2005). "Obituary: Arthur Seldon | Business | The Guardian". London: Politics.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ The Economist, March 11th 2006 p95: "born a Jew"
