List of economists
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This is an alphabetical list (by surname) of notable economists, that is, experts in the social science of economics
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Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
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- Edith AbbottEdith AbbottEdith Abbott was an American economist, social worker, educator, and author. Abbott was born in Grand Island, Nebraska. Her younger sister was Grace Abbott....
, (September 26, 1876 – July 28, 1957) was an AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
, social worker, educator, and authorAuthorAn author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
. - Daron AcemogluDaron AcemogluKamer Daron Acemoğlu is a Turkish-American economist of Armenian origin. He is currently the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and winner of the 2005 John Bates Clark Medal. He is among the in the world according to IDEAS/RePEc...
, (born September 3, 1967) is a TurkishTurkeyTurkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
economist, Charles P. KindlebergerCharles P. KindlebergerCharles Poor "Charlie" Kindleberger was a historical economist and author of over 30 books. His 1978 book Manias, Panics, and Crashes, about speculative stock market bubbles, was reprinted in 2000 after the dot-com bubble. He is well known for hegemonic stability theory.-Life:Kindleberger was born...
Professor at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
and winner of the 2005 John Bates Clark MedalJohn Bates Clark MedalThe John Bates Clark Medal is awarded by the American Economic Association to "that American economist under the age of forty who is adjudged to have made a significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge"...
. - Zoltan AcsZoltan AcsZoltan J. Acs is a professor at George Mason University where he teaches in the School of Public Policy and directs the Center for Entrepreneurship and Public Policy. He is a Research Scholar at the Max Planck Institute for Economics in Jena, Germany, and Scholar-in-Residence at the Kauffman...
, professor at George Mason UniversityGeorge Mason UniversityGeorge Mason University is a public university based in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, south of and adjacent to the city of Fairfax. Additional campuses are located nearby in Arlington County, Prince William County, and Loudoun County...
, a leading advocateAdvocateAn advocate is a term for a professional lawyer used in several different legal systems. These include Scotland, South Africa, India, Scandinavian jurisdictions, Israel, and the British Crown dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man...
of the importance of entrepreneurship for economic developmentEconomic developmentEconomic development generally refers to the sustained, concerted actions of policymakers and communities that promote the standard of living and economic health of a specific area...
. - Walter AdamsWalter Adams (economist)Walter Adams was an American economist and college professor. He served as the 13th President of Michigan State University and served as an expert witness before 36 congressional committees.-Early life:...
, (August 27, 1922 – September 8, 1998), American, economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
and college professor, and served as an expert witness before 36 congressional committees. - George AkerlofGeorge AkerlofGeorge Arthur Akerlof is an American economist and Koshland Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. He won the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics George Arthur Akerlof (born June 17, 1940) is an American economist and Koshland Professor of Economics at the University of...
, (born June 17, 1940), American, ProfessorProfessorA professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
of EconomicsEconomicsEconomics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
at the University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, BerkeleyThe University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
, shared the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics. - Armen AlchianArmen AlchianArmen Albert Alchian is an American economist and an emeritus professor of economics at the University of California, Los Angeles....
, (born April 12, 1914), AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, emeritus professor of economicsEconomicsEconomics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
at the University of California, Los AngelesUniversity of California, Los AngelesThe University of California, Los Angeles is a public research university located in the Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was founded in 1919 as the "Southern Branch" of the University of California and is the second oldest of the ten campuses...
. - Alberto AlesinaAlberto AlesinaAlberto Francesco Alesina is an Italian political economist. He has published much-cited books and articles in major economics journals.-Background and professional life:...
, (born April 29, 1957), Italian political economist, author of many-cited books and articles in major economics journals. - Maurice AllaisMaurice AllaisMaurice Félix Charles Allais was a French economist, and was the 1988 winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics "for his pioneering contributions to the theory of markets and efficient utilization of resources."...
, (31 May 1911 9 October 2010), French economist, and was the 1988 winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in EconomicsNobel Memorial Prize in Economic SciencesThe Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, commonly referred to as the Nobel Prize in Economics, but officially the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel , is an award for outstanding contributions to the field of economics, generally regarded as one of the...
. - R. G. D. AllenR. G. D. AllenSir Roy George Douglas Allen, CBE, FBA was an English economist, mathematician and statistician.Allen was born in Worcester and educated at the Royal Grammar School Worcester, from which he won a scholarship to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge...
, CBEOrder of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
, FBABritish AcademyThe British Academy is the United Kingdom's national body for the humanities and the social sciences. Its purpose is to inspire, recognise and support excellence in the humanities and social sciences, throughout the UK and internationally, and to champion their role and value.It receives an annual...
(1906–1983), English economistEconomicsEconomics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
, mathematicianMathematicianA mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
and statisticianStatisticianA statistician is someone who works with theoretical or applied statistics. The profession exists in both the private and public sectors. The core of that work is to measure, interpret, and describe the world and human activity patterns within it...
. - Elisabeth Altmann-GottheinerElisabeth Altmann-GottheinerElisabeth Altmann-Gottheiner was the first woman to become a university lecturer in Germany.In 1904, she received a doctorate in Zurich, Switzerland...
, (March 26, 1874 – March 30, 1930), German, the first woman to become a university lecturer in Germany. - Takeshi AmemiyaTakeshi Amemiyais an economist specializing in econometrics and the economy of ancient Greece.Amemiya is the Edward Ames Edmonds Professor of Economics and a Professor of Classics at Stanford University...
, (born 29 March 1935), Japanese, an economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
specializing in econometricsEconometricsEconometrics has been defined as "the application of mathematics and statistical methods to economic data" and described as the branch of economics "that aims to give empirical content to economic relations." More precisely, it is "the quantitative analysis of actual economic phenomena based on...
and the economy of ancient GreeceEconomy of Ancient GreeceThe economy of ancient Greece was characterized by the extreme importance of importing goods, all the more so because of the relative poverty of Greece's soil...
. - Georges AnderlaGeorges AnderlaGeorges Anderla was a French economist. While working for the OECD in 1973, he created a statistical model of the accumulation of human knowledge. He began by defining the known technology in 1 AD as a unit and showed that it had doubled in 1500, doubled again in 1750 and again in 1900...
, (March 27, 1921 – April 26, 2005), Czech,was a FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
. - Norman AngellNorman AngellSir Ralph Norman Angell was an English lecturer, journalist, author, and Member of Parliament for the Labour Party.Angell was one of the principal founders of the Union of Democratic Control...
, (26 December 1872 – 7 October 1967) was an EnglishEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
lecturerLecturerLecturer is an academic rank. In the United Kingdom, lecturer is a position at a university or similar institution, often held by academics in their early career stages, who lead research groups and supervise research students, as well as teach...
, journalistJournalistA journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
, authorAuthorAn author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
, and Member of ParliamentMember of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for the Labour Party. - Thomas AquinasThomas AquinasThomas Aquinas, O.P. , also Thomas of Aquin or Aquino, was an Italian Dominican priest of the Catholic Church, and an immensely influential philosopher and theologian in the tradition of scholasticism, known as Doctor Angelicus, Doctor Communis, or Doctor Universalis...
, (Aquino, 1225 – Fossanova, 7 March 1274), ItalianItalian peopleThe Italian people are an ethnic group that share a common Italian culture, ancestry and speak the Italian language as a mother tongue. Within Italy, Italians are defined by citizenship, regardless of ancestry or country of residence , and are distinguished from people...
, DominicanDominican OrderThe Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...
priest of the Catholic Church. - Dan ArielyDan ArielyDan Ariely is an Israeli American professor of psychology and behavioral economics. He teaches at Duke University and is the founder of The Center for Advanced Hindsight.-Biography:...
- AristotleAristotleAristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology...
, (384 BC – 322 BC) was a GreekGreeksThe Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....
philosopher, a student of PlatoPlatoPlato , was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the...
and teacher of Alexander the Great. - Kenneth ArrowKenneth ArrowKenneth Joseph Arrow is an American economist and joint winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics with John Hicks in 1972. To date, he is the youngest person to have received this award, at 51....
, (born August 23, 1921), AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
, winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics with John HicksJohn HicksSir John Richard Hicks was a British economist and one of the most important and influential economists of the twentieth century. The most familiar of his many contributions in the field of economics were his statement of consumer demand theory in microeconomics, and the IS/LM model , which...
in 1972. - Gloria Macapagal-ArroyoGloria Macapagal-ArroyoGloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a Filipino politician who served as the 14th President of the Philippines from 2001 to 2010, as the 12th Vice President of the Philippines from 1998 to 2001, and is currently a member of the House of Representatives representing the 2nd District of Pampanga...
, (born April 5, 1947) is a FilipinoFilipino peopleThe Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
economist who served as the 14th President of the PhilippinesPresident of the PhilippinesThe President of the Philippines is the head of state and head of government of the Philippines. The president leads the executive branch of the Philippine government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines...
from 2001 to 2010. - Anthony Barnes AtkinsonAnthony Barnes AtkinsonSir Anthony Barnes "Tony" Atkinson, FBA, is a British economist and has been a Senior Research Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford since 2005.-Career:Atkinson served as Warden of Nuffield College from 1994 to 2005...
, British, There is an inequalityEconomic inequalityEconomic inequality comprises all disparities in the distribution of economic assets and income. The term typically refers to inequality among individuals and groups within a society, but can also refer to inequality among countries. The issue of economic inequality is related to the ideas of...
measure named after him: the Atkinson indexAtkinson indexThe Atkinson index is a measure of income inequality developed by British economist Anthony Barnes Atkinson...
. - Thomas AttwoodThomas AttwoodThomas Attwood was a British economist, the leading figure of the underconsumptionist Birmingham School of economists, and, as the founder of the Birmingham Political Union, a leading figure in the public campaign for the Great Reform Act of 1832.He was born in Halesowen, and attended Halesowen...
, (6 October 1783–9 March 1859), British economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
, the leading figure of the underconsumptionistUnderconsumptionIn underconsumption theory in economics, recessions and stagnation arise due to inadequate consumer demand relative to the amount produced. The theory has been replaced since the 1930s by Keynesian economics and the theory of aggregate demand, both of which were influenced by...
Birmingham SchoolBirmingham School (economics)The Birmingham School was a school of economic thought that emerged in Birmingham, England during the Post-Napoleonic depression that affected England following the end of the Napoleonic wars in 1815....
. - David B. AudretschDavid B. AudretschDavid Bruce Audretsch is an American economist. He was the director of the research unit Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy Group at the Max Planck Institute of Economics Jena in Germany until August 31, 2009...
, (born November 15, 1954), AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, highly cited economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
. - Leonardo AuernheimerLeonardo AuernheimerLeonardo Auernheimer was an economist, professor, and international monetary consultant.Auernheimer was born in Argentina on August 27, 1936 to Jose Ignacio Auernheimer and Maria Elena Savanti de Auernheimer. He graduated from the University of Buenos Aires and received his Ph. D in Economics from...
, (1936–2010), Argetina, was an economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
, professorProfessorA professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
, and international monetary consultant. - Robert AumannRobert AumannRobert John Aumann is an Israeli-American mathematician and a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences. He is a professor at the Center for the Study of Rationality in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel...
, (born June 8, 1930), IsraelIsraelThe State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i-American mathematicianMathematicianA mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2005. - Clarence Ayres, (May 6, 1891 – July 24, 1972) was the principal thinker in the Texas school of Institutional EconomicsInstitutional economicsInstitutional economics focuses on understanding the role of the evolutionary process and the role of institutions in shaping economic behaviour. Its original focus lay in Thorstein Veblen's instinct-oriented dichotomy between technology on the one side and the "ceremonial" sphere of society on the...
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- Nikolai BaibakovNikolai BaibakovNikolai Konstantinovich Baibakov was a Soviet statesman, economist and Hero of Socialist Labor. He finished secondary school in 1928 and entered the Azerbaijan Oil and Chemistry Institute, from which he graduated in 1931 as a mining engineer. In 1935, he was drafted into the armed forces...
, (6 March 1911 – 31 March 2008), Russian, was a Soviet statesman, economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
and Hero of Socialist LaborHero of Socialist LaborHero of Socialist Labour was an honorary title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries. It was the highest degree of distinction for exceptional achievements in national economy and culture...
. - Dean BakerDean BakerDean Baker is an American macroeconomist and co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, with Mark Weisbrot. He previously was a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute and an assistant professor of economics at Bucknell University. He has a Ph.D...
, (b. July 13, 1958), AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
macroeconomist and co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy ResearchCenter for Economic and Policy ResearchThe Center for Economic and Policy Research is a progressive economic policy think-tank based in Washington, DC, founded in 1999. CEPR works on Social Security, the US housing bubble, developing country economies , and gaps in the social policy fabric of the US economy.According to its own...
. - Leszek BalcerowiczLeszek BalcerowiczLeszek Balcerowicz is a Polish economist, the former chairman of the National Bank of Poland and Deputy Prime Minister in Tadeusz Mazowiecki's government...
, (born January 19, 1947), PolishPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
, the former chairman of the National Bank of PolandNational Bank of PolandNarodowy Bank Polski is the central bank of Poland. It controls the issuing of Poland's currency, the złoty. The Bank is headquartered in Warsaw, and has branches in every major Polish town...
. - Ludwig BambergerLudwig BambergerLudwig Bamberger was a German economist, politician and writer.-Early life:Bamberger was born in a Jewish family in Mainz.After studying at Gießen, Heidelberg and Göttingen, he entered law.-Career:...
, (July 22, 1823 – March 14, 1899), GermanGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
, politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
and writer. - Abhijit BanerjeeAbhijit BanerjeeAbhijit Vinayak Banerjee is an Indian economist. He is currently the Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
, (born 1961), IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n, economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
, currently the Ford FoundationFord FoundationThe Ford Foundation is a private foundation incorporated in Michigan and based in New York City created to fund programs that were chartered in 1936 by Edsel Ford and Henry Ford....
International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
. - Paul A. BaranPaul A. BaranPaul Alexander Baran was an American economist known for his Marxist views. In 1951 Baran was promoted to full professor at Stanford University and Baran was the only tenured Marxist economist in the United States until his death in 1964...
, (25 August 1909– 26 March 1964), Russian, American, was the only tenured Marxist economist in the United States until his death in 1964. - William A. BarnettWilliam A. BarnettWilliam Arnold Barnett is an American economist whose current work is in the field of chaos, bifurcation, and nonlinearity in socioeconomic contexts, as well as the study of the aggregation problem....
, AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
work in chaosChaos theoryChaos theory is a field of study in mathematics, with applications in several disciplines including physics, economics, biology, and philosophy. Chaos theory studies the behavior of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions, an effect which is popularly referred to as the...
, bifurcationBifurcation theoryBifurcation theory is the mathematical study of changes in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family, such as the integral curves of a family of vector fields, and the solutions of a family of differential equations...
, and nonlinearityNonlinearityIn mathematics, a nonlinear system is one that does not satisfy the superposition principle, or one whose output is not directly proportional to its input; a linear system fulfills these conditions. In other words, a nonlinear system is any problem where the variable to be solved for cannot be...
. - Nicholas BarrNicholas BarrNicholar Barr FRSA is a British economist, currently serving as professor of public economics at the London School of Economics . He received his Ph.D. in Economics as a Fulbright Scholar from the University of California, Berkley and his MSc in Economics from LSE...
, BritishUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
, currently professorProfessorA professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
of public economics at the London School of EconomicsLondon School of EconomicsThe London School of Economics and Political Science is a public research university specialised in the social sciences located in London, United Kingdom, and a constituent college of the federal University of London...
. - Robert BarroRobert BarroRobert Joseph Barro is an American classical macroeconomist and the Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics at Harvard University. The Research Papers in Economics project ranked him as the 4th most influential economist in the world as of August 2011 based on his academic contributions...
, (born September 28, 1944), AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
classical macroeconomist, presently the Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics at Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
. - Enrico BaroneEnrico BaroneEnrico Barone was a soldier, military historian, and economist.Barone studied the classics and mathematics before becoming an army officer. He taught military history for eight years from 1894 at the Officers' Training School. There he wrote a series of influential historical military works...
, (December 22, 1859 – May 14, 1924), Italian, soldierSoldierA soldier is a member of the land component of national armed forces; whereas a soldier hired for service in a foreign army would be termed a mercenary...
, military historian, and economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
. - Yoram BarzelYoram BarzelYoram Barzel is an Israeli economist and a professor of economics at the University of Washington. He is interested in PropertyRights, Applied Price Theory, and Political Economy.- Education :...
, IsraelIsraelThe State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i, economist, work in PropertyPropertyProperty is any physical or intangible entity that is owned by a person or jointly by a group of people or a legal entity like a corporation...
RightsRightsRights are legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people, according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical theory...
, Applied Price Theory, and Political EconomyPolitical economyPolitical economy originally was the term for studying production, buying, and selling, and their relations with law, custom, and government, as well as with the distribution of national income and wealth, including through the budget process. Political economy originated in moral philosophy...
. - Frederic BastiatFrédéric BastiatClaude Frédéric Bastiat was a French classical liberal theorist, political economist, and member of the French assembly. He was notable for developing the important economic concept of opportunity cost.-Biography:...
, (30 June 1801 24 December 1850), French, classical liberalClassical liberalismClassical liberalism is the philosophy committed to the ideal of limited government, constitutionalism, rule of law, due process, and liberty of individuals including freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and free markets....
theorist, political economistPolitical economyPolitical economy originally was the term for studying production, buying, and selling, and their relations with law, custom, and government, as well as with the distribution of national income and wealth, including through the budget process. Political economy originated in moral philosophy...
. - Kaushik BasuKaushik BasuKaushik Basu is an Indian economist who is currently the Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India and is also the C...
, (born 9 January 1952), IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
, chief economic adviser to the Government of IndiaGovernment of IndiaThe Government of India, officially known as the Union Government, and also known as the Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of the union of 28 states and seven union territories, collectively called the Republic of India...
, Ministry of Finance, New DelhiNew DelhiNew Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...
. - Ravi BatraRavi BatraRaveendra Nath "Ravi" Batra is an Indian-American economist, author, and professor at Southern Methodist University. Batra is the author of six international bestsellers, two of which appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list...
, (born 27 June 1943), AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
economistEconomicsEconomics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
, author and professor at Southern Methodist UniversitySouthern Methodist UniversitySouthern Methodist University is a private university in Dallas, Texas, United States. Founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU operates campuses in Dallas, Plano, and Taos, New Mexico. SMU is owned by the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church...
in Dallas, TexasTexasTexas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
. - Peter Thomas BauerPeter Thomas BauerPeter Thomas Bauer, Baron Bauer was a developmental economist. Bauer is best remembered for his opposition to the widely-held notion that the most effective manner to help developing countries advance is through state-controlled foreign aid.- Life :Bauer was born as Péter Tamás Bauer in Budapest,...
, (6 November 1915 – 2 May 2002), Hungarian, was a developmental economistDevelopment economicsDevelopment Economics is a branch of economics which deals with economic aspects of the development process in low-income countries. Its focus is not only on methods of promoting economic growth and structural change but also on improving the potential for the mass of the population, for example,...
. - William BaumolWilliam BaumolWilliam Jack Baumol is an American economist. He is a professor of economics at New York University and is also affiliated with Princeton University. Baumol has written extensively about labor market and other economic factors that affect the economy. He also made valuable contributions to the...
, (born February 26, 1922), American, is a New York UniversityNew York UniversityNew York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
economicsEconomicsEconomics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
professor. - Robert Dudley BaxterRobert Dudley BaxterRobert Dudley Baxter was an English economist and statistician.Robert Dudley Baxter was educated privately and at Trinity College, Cambridge University. He studied law and entered his fathers firm of Baxter & Co., solicitors, with which he was connected until his death...
, (3 February 1827 – 1875), EnglishEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
and statisticianStatisticianA statistician is someone who works with theoretical or applied statistics. The profession exists in both the private and public sectors. The core of that work is to measure, interpret, and describe the world and human activity patterns within it...
. - Michael BayeMichael BayeMichael R. Baye is the Bert Elwert Professor of Business Economics in the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.- Education & Profession :...
- Gary BeckerGary BeckerGary Stanley Becker is an American economist. He is a professor of economics, sociology at the University of Chicago and a professor at the Booth School of Business. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1992, and received the United States' Presidential Medal of Freedom...
, (born December 2, 1930), AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
and a Nobel laureate. - Jeremy BenthamJeremy BenthamJeremy Bentham was an English jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer. He became a leading theorist in Anglo-American philosophy of law, and a political radical whose ideas influenced the development of welfarism...
, (15 February 1748 – 6 June 1832), English jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer. - Mahamudu BawumiaMahamudu BawumiaDr. Mahamudu Bawumia was a Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana until his nomination as Vice Presidential candidate for the New Patriotic Party alongside Presidential candidate Nana Akufo-Addo...
, (born October 7, 1963), TamaleTamale, GhanaTamale with a population of 360,579 , is the capital of the Northern Region of Ghana and the Tamale Metropolitan District with which it is coterminous Area. The city is located 600 km north of Accra...
, was a Deputy Governor of the Bank of GhanaBank of GhanaThe Bank of Ghana is the central bank of Ghana. It is located in Accra and was formed in 1957. Its name is abbreviated to BOG.-Brief Historical Background:...
. - Dwayne BenjaminDwayne BenjaminDwayne Benjamin is a Canadian economist and member of the University of Toronto faculty.Benjamin is currently the managing editor of the Canadian Journal of Economics and an associate editor of the journal Economic Development and Cultural Change.- Biography :Benjamin received his B.Sc. from the...
, (born March 10, 1961), Canadian, economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
, the managing editor of the Canadian Journal of EconomicsCanadian Journal of EconomicsThe Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique is a peer-reviewed academic journal of economics published quarterly by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Canadian Economics Association. In 1967 the journal was established from a split of The Canadian Journal of Economics and... - Barbara BergmannBarbara BergmannBarbara Bergmann is a forerunner in feminist economics with a passion for social policy and equality, especially relating to discrimination on account of race or sex. Her work covers many topics from childcare and women’s issues to poverty and Social Security...
, (born 1927), American, forerunner in feminist economicsFeminist economicsFeminist economics broadly refers to a developing branch of economics that applies feminist lenses to economics. Research under this heading is often interdisciplinary or heterodox...
with a passion for social policySocial policySocial policy primarily refers to guidelines, principles, legislation and activities that affect the living conditions conducive to human welfare. Thus, social policy is that part of public policy that has to do with social issues...
and equalityEgalitarianismEgalitarianism is a trend of thought that favors equality of some sort among moral agents, whether persons or animals. Emphasis is placed upon the fact that equality contains the idea of equity of quality...
. - Albert Rex BergstromAlbert Rex BergstromAlbert Rex Bergstrom was a distinguished New Zealand econometrician recognised for his work in continuous time econometrics. He was born on 9 July 1925 in Christchurch where he attended Christchurch School for Boys. He studied at Christchurch University College part-time from 1942 to 1947 while...
, New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, econometrician recognised for his work in continuous time econometricsEconometricsEconometrics has been defined as "the application of mathematics and statistical methods to economic data" and described as the branch of economics "that aims to give empirical content to economic relations." More precisely, it is "the quantitative analysis of actual economic phenomena based on...
. - Adolf Berle, (January 27, 1895 – February 17, 1971), American, lawyer, educator, author, and U.S. diplomat.
- Ben BernankeBen BernankeBen Shalom Bernanke is an American economist, and the current Chairman of the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States. During his tenure as Chairman, Bernanke has overseen the response of the Federal Reserve to late-2000s financial crisis....
, (born December 13, 1953), American, economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
, ChairmanChairman of the Federal ReserveThe Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is the head of the central banking system of the United States. Known colloquially as "Chairman of the Fed," or in market circles "Fed Chairman" or "Fed Chief"...
of the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Federal Reserve. - Jagdish BhagwatiJagdish BhagwatiJagdish Natwarlal Bhagwati is an Indian-American economist and professor of economics and law at Columbia University. He is well known for his research in international trade and for his advocacy of free trade....
,(born July 26, 1934), IndiaIndiaIndia , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n, economist and Professor of economics and law at Columbia UniversityColumbia UniversityColumbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
. - Mark BilsMark BilsMark Bils is a macroeconomist at the University of Rochester. Bils obtained his PhD in economics from MIT in 1985 and BA in economics from Ohio State University in 1979...
, (December 1, 1958), macroeconomistMacroeconomicsMacroeconomics is a branch of economics dealing with the performance, structure, behavior, and decision-making of the whole economy. This includes a national, regional, or global economy...
at the University of RochesterUniversity of RochesterThe University of Rochester is a private, nonsectarian, research university in Rochester, New York, United States. The university grants undergraduate and graduate degrees, including doctoral and professional degrees. The university has six schools and various interdisciplinary programs.The...
. - Nancy BirdsallNancy BirdsallNancy Birdsall is the founding president of the Center for Global Development in Washington, DC, USA, and former executive vice-president of the Inter-American Development Bank. She co-founded CGD in November 2001 with C. Fred Bergsten and Edward W. Scott, Jr...
, (born February 6, 1946), American, founding president of the Center for Global DevelopmentCenter for Global DevelopmentThe Center for Global Development is a non-profit think tank based in Washington, D.C. that focuses on international development. It was founded in November 2001 by former senior U.S. official Edward W. Scott, director of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, C. Fred Bergsten, and...
(CGD). - Kenneth BinmoreKenneth BinmoreKenneth George "Ken" Binmore, is a British mathematician, economist and game theorist. He is a Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of London and a Visiting Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Bristol ....
, CBE (born September 27, 1940), British, well-known economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
, and game theoristGame theoryGame theory is a mathematical method for analyzing calculated circumstances, such as in games, where a person’s success is based upon the choices of others...
, professor emeritus of economics at University College, London. - Fischer BlackFischer BlackFischer Sheffey Black was an American economist, best known as one of the authors of the famous Black–Scholes equation.-Background:...
, (January 11, 1938 – August 30, 1995), AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
, best known as one of the authors of the famous Black–Scholes equation. - Olivier BlanchardOlivier BlanchardOlivier Jean Blanchard is currently the chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, a post he has held since September 1, 2008. He is also the Class of 1941 Professor of Economics at MIT, though he is currently on leave. Blanchard is one of the most cited economists in the world, according...
, (born December 27, 1948), French, currently the chief economist at the International Monetary FundInternational Monetary FundThe International Monetary Fund is an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world...
. - Alan BlinderAlan BlinderAlan Stuart Blinder is an American economist. He serves at Princeton University as the Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics and Public Affairs in the Economics Department, Vice Chairman of The Observatory Group, and as co-director of Princeton’s Center for Economic Policy Studies,...
, (born October 14, 1945), AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
. He serves at Princeton UniversityPrinceton UniversityPrinceton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
. - Walter BlockWalter BlockWalter Edward Block is a free market economist and anarcho-capitalist associated with the Austrian School of economics.-Personal history and education:...
, (born 21 August 1941), American, free marketFree marketA free market is a competitive market where prices are determined by supply and demand. However, the term is also commonly used for markets in which economic intervention and regulation by the state is limited to tax collection, and enforcement of private ownership and contracts...
economist and anarcho-capitalist. - Eugen von Boehm-Bawerk, (February 12, 1851 – August 27, 1914), AustrianAustrian EmpireThe Austrian Empire was a modern era successor empire, which was centered on what is today's Austria and which officially lasted from 1804 to 1867. It was followed by the Empire of Austria-Hungary, whose proclamation was a diplomatic move that elevated Hungary's status within the Austrian Empire...
, founder of the Austrian School of economicsAustrian SchoolThe Austrian School of economics is a heterodox school of economic thought. It advocates methodological individualism in interpreting economic developments , the theory that money is non-neutral, the theory that the capital structure of economies consists of heterogeneous goods that have...
. - Jean BodinJean BodinJean Bodin was a French jurist and political philosopher, member of the Parlement of Paris and professor of law in Toulouse. He is best known for his theory of sovereignty; he was also an influential writer on demonology....
, (1530–1596), FrenchFrench peopleThe French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
, early proponent of the Quantity Theory of MoneyQuantity theory of moneyIn monetary economics, the quantity theory of money is the theory that money supply has a direct, proportional relationship with the price level....
. - Tito BoeriTito BoeriTito Michele Boeri is an Italian economist, currently professor of economics at Bocconi University, Milan and acts as Scientific Director of the Fondazione Rodolfo Debenedetti.- Biography :...
, (born August 3, 1958), is an Italian economist, currently professor of economicsEconomicsEconomics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
at Bocconi UniversityBocconi UniversityBocconi University is a private university located in central Milan, beside Parco Ravizza. Bocconi provides undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate education, in addition to a range of double degree programs, in the fields of economics, management, finance and law. According to many university...
, MilanMilanMilan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
. - Peter J. Boettke, (born January 3, 1960), AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, economist of the Austrian SchoolAustrian SchoolThe Austrian School of economics is a heterodox school of economic thought. It advocates methodological individualism in interpreting economic developments , the theory that money is non-neutral, the theory that the capital structure of economies consists of heterogeneous goods that have...
. - Michele BoldrinMichele BoldrinMichele Boldrin is an Italian American economist, expert in economic growth, business cycles, technological progress and intellectual property. He is currently the Joseph Gibson Hoyt Distinguished University Professor in Arts and Sciences and chair of the Department of Economics at Washington...
, (b. August 20, 1956), Italian AmericanItalian AmericanAn Italian American , is an American of Italian ancestry. The designation may also refer to someone possessing Italian and American dual citizenship...
, economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
, expert in economic growthEconomic growthIn economics, economic growth is defined as the increasing capacity of the economy to satisfy the wants of goods and services of the members of society. Economic growth is enabled by increases in productivity, which lowers the inputs for a given amount of output. Lowered costs increase demand...
. - Korkut BoratavKorkut BoratavKorkut Boratav is a Turkish marxist economist.Boratav was born in Konya. After his graduation from Ankara Gazi Lycee in 1955, he continued his studies at Ankara University, Law School. In 1960 he became a lecturer and researcher in that university in Finance and Economics, by getting a...
, (born 1935), TurkishTurkish peopleTurkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
, is a marxist economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
. - George Borjas, (born October 15, 1950), American, at Harvard Kennedy School.
- Giovanni BoteroGiovanni BoteroGiovanni Botero was an Italian thinker, priest, poet, and diplomat, best known for his work Della ragion di Stato . In this work, he argued against the amoral political philosophy associated with Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince, not only because it lacked a Christian foundation but also because...
, (c.1544–1617), Italian thinker, priestPriestA priest is a person authorized to perform the sacred rites of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities...
, poetPoetA poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, and diplomatDiplomatA diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and...
. - Kenneth E. BouldingKenneth E. BouldingKenneth Ewart Boulding was an economist, educator, peace activist, poet, religious mystic, devoted Quaker, systems scientist, and interdisciplinary philosopher. He was cofounder of General Systems Theory and founder of numerous ongoing intellectual projects in economics and social science. He was...
, (January 18, 1910 – March 18, 1993), American, economist, educator, peace activist, poetPoetA poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, religious mysticMysticismMysticism is the knowledge of, and especially the personal experience of, states of consciousness, i.e. levels of being, beyond normal human perception, including experience and even communion with a supreme being.-Classical origins:...
, devoted Quaker. - Heather BousheyHeather BousheyHeather Marie Boushey is a senior economist at the Center for American Progress.-Life and career:Boushey was born in Seattle and grew up in Mukilteo, Washington. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from the New School for Social Research and her B.A...
, (born 1970) is a senior economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
with the Center for American ProgressCenter for American ProgressThe Center for American Progress is a progressive public policy research and advocacy organization. Its website states that the organization is "dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through progressive ideas and action." It has its headquarters in Washington D.C.Its President and Chief...
. - Samuel BowlesSamuel Bowles (economist)Samuel Bowles is an American economist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst where he taught courses on microeconomics and the theory of institutions.- Biography :...
, (born 1939), AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts AmherstUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstThe University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public research and land-grant university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States and the flagship of the University of Massachusetts system... - Harry BravermanHarry BravermanHarry Braverman was an American Socialist, economist and political writer. He sometimes used the pseudonym Harry Frankel.Braverman was born on the 9th December 1920 in New York City...
, (9 December 1920 – 2 August 1976), American, Socialist, economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
and political writer. - John Francis BrayJohn Francis BrayJohn Francis Bray was a radical, Chartist, writer on socialist economics and activist in both Britain and hisnative America in the 19th century. He was hailed in later life as the 'Benjamin Franklin' of American labor.- Life :...
, (1809–1897), American, was a radical, Chartist, writer on socialist economics. - William Breit, professors of economicsEconomicsEconomics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
at Trinity UniversityTrinity University (Texas)Trinity University is a private, independent, primarily undergraduate, university in San Antonio, Texas. Its campus is located in the Monte Vista Historic District and adjacent to Brackenridge Park....
, San AntonioSan Antonio, TexasSan Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
. - Martin BrowningMartin BrowningMartin Browning is an English economist. He is Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford.Browning received his undergraduate education at the London School of Economics...
, (born 1946) is an English economist. He is Professor of Economics at the University of OxfordUniversity of OxfordThe University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
. - James M. BuchananJames M. BuchananJames McGill Buchanan, Jr. is an American economist known for his work on public choice theory, for which he received the 1986 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Buchanan's work initiated research on how politicians' self-interest and non-economic forces affect government economic policy...
, (born October 3, 1919), AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, known for his work on public choice theoryPublic choice theoryIn economics, public choice theory is the use of modern economic tools to study problems that traditionally are in the province of political science...
, received the 1986 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic SciencesNobel Memorial Prize in Economic SciencesThe Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, commonly referred to as the Nobel Prize in Economics, but officially the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel , is an award for outstanding contributions to the field of economics, generally regarded as one of the...
. - Sergei BulgakovSergei BulgakovFr. Sergei Nikolaevich Bulgakov was a Russian Orthodox Christian theologian, philosopher and economist. Until 1922 he worked in Russia; afterwards in Paris.-Early life:...
, (28 June, 1871 – July 12, 1944) was a RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n Orthodox theologian, philosopher and economist. - Bingu wa MutharikaBingu wa MutharikaBingu wa Mutharika is a Malawi economist who is President of Malawi. He took office on 24 May 2004 after winning a disputed presidential election...
, (born February 24, 1934), MalawiMalawiThe Republic of Malawi is a landlocked country in southeast Africa that was formerly known as Nyasaland. It is bordered by Zambia to the northwest, Tanzania to the northeast, and Mozambique on the east, south and west. The country is separated from Tanzania and Mozambique by Lake Malawi. Its size...
, politician, and the current President of Malawi.
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- Ricardo J. CaballeroRicardo J. CaballeroRicardo Jorge Caballero is a Chilean macroeconomist who holds the Ford International chair of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He received his PhD from MIT in 1988, and he taught at Columbia University before returning to the MIT faculty...
, (born 20 October 1959), ChileChileChile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
an macroeconomistMacroeconomicsMacroeconomics is a branch of economics dealing with the performance, structure, behavior, and decision-making of the whole economy. This includes a national, regional, or global economy...
, holds the Ford International chair of economics at MITMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
. - Phillip D. CaganPhillip D. CaganPhillip D. Cagan is an American scholar and author. He is Professor of Economics Emeritus at Columbia University.-Biography:Born in Seattle, Washington, Cagan and his family moved to Southern California shortly thereafter. Cagan joined the U.S. Navy at age 17 and fought in World War II. After the...
, (born 1927), AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
scholar and author, Professor of Economics Emeritus at Columbia UniversityColumbia UniversityColumbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
. - John Elliot CairnesJohn Elliott CairnesJohn Elliott Cairnes was an Irish economist. He is often described as the "last of the classical economists".-Biography:...
, (1823-1875), IrelandIrelandIreland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, "last of the classical economists". - Richard CantillonRichard CantillonRichard Cantillon was an Irish-French economist and author of Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en Général , a book considered by William Stanley Jevons to be the "cradle of political economy". Although little information exists on Cantillon's life, it is known that he became a successful banker and...
, (1680s – ), IrishIrish peopleThe Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
-FrenchFrench peopleThe French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
, economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
and author of Essay on the Nature of Trade in General. - Edwin CannanEdwin CannanEdwin Cannan was a British economist and historian of economic thought. He was a professor at the London School of Economics from 1895 to 1926....
, (1861– 8 April 1935), British, economist and historian of economic thought. - Bryan CaplanBryan CaplanBryan Caplan is an American economist, a Professor of Economics at George Mason University, Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center, adjunct scholar of the Cato Institute, and blogger for Econlog. He is best known for his work in public choice theory and for his libertarian ideology.-Personal...
, (born 1971) is a professor of economicsEconomicsEconomics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
at George Mason UniversityGeorge Mason UniversityGeorge Mason University is a public university based in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, south of and adjacent to the city of Fairfax. Additional campuses are located nearby in Arlington County, Prince William County, and Loudoun County...
in Fairfax, VirginiaFairfax, VirginiaThe City of Fairfax is an independent city forming an enclave within the confines of Fairfax County, in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Although politically independent of the surrounding county, the City is nevertheless the county seat....
. - David CardDavid CardDavid Edward Card is a Canadian labour economist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley.Card earned his B.A. degree from Queen's University in 1978 and his Ph.D. degree in Economics in 1983 from Princeton University....
, CanadianCanadaCanada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, labourLabour economicsLabor economics seeks to understand the functioning and dynamics of the market for labor. Labor markets function through the interaction of workers and employers...
economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
and professorProfessorA professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
at the University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, BerkeleyThe University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
. - David CassDavid CassDavid Cass was a professor of economics at the University of Pennsylvania, mostly known for his contributions to general equilibrium theory. His most famous work was on the Ramsey growth model, which is also known as the Ramsey-Cass-Koopmans model.-Biography:David Cass was born in 1937 in...
, (January 19, 1937 – April 15, 2008), American, professor of economics at the University of PennsylvaniaUniversity of PennsylvaniaThe University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
. - Gustav CasselGustav CasselKarl Gustav Cassel was a Swedish economist and professor of economics at Stockholm University.Cassel's perspective on economic reality, and especially on the role of interest, was rooted in British neoclassicism and in the nascent Swedish schools...
,(20 October 1866 – 14 January 1945), SwedishSwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
and professorProfessorA professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
of economicsEconomicsEconomics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
at Stockholm UniversityStockholm UniversityStockholm University is a state university in Stockholm, Sweden. It has over 28,000 students at four faculties, making it one of the largest universities in Scandinavia. The institution is also frequently regarded as one of the top 100 universities in the world...
. - Thomas ChalmersThomas ChalmersThomas Chalmers , Scottish mathematician, political economist, divine and a leader of the Free Church of Scotland, was born at Anstruther in Fife.-Overview:...
, (17 March 1780 – 31 May 1847), ScottishScotlandScotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
mathematicianMathematicianA mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
, political economist and a leader of the Free Church of ScotlandFree Church of Scotland (1843-1900)The Free Church of Scotland is a Scottish denomination which was formed in 1843 by a large withdrawal from the established Church of Scotland in a schism known as the "Disruption of 1843"...
. - Frank J. Chaloupka, American, distinguished professor of economicsEconomicsEconomics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
at the University of Illinois at ChicagoUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoThe University of Illinois at Chicago, or UIC, is a state-funded public research university located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its campus is in the Near West Side community area, near the Chicago Loop...
and affiliate of the National Bureau of Economic ResearchNational Bureau of Economic ResearchThe National Bureau of Economic Research is an American private nonprofit research organization "committed to undertaking and disseminating unbiased economic research among public policymakers, business professionals, and the academic community." The NBER is well known for providing start and end...
. - Winston ChangWinston ChangWinston Hsiao-tzu Chang was a president of Soochow University in Taipei.-Biography:He and his twin brother, John Chang, were born the sons of Chiang Ching-kuo and Chang Ya-juo in Guilin, but took their mother's surname as they were born out of wedlock, although they both were given the generation...
, Chinese, (May 2, 1941 – February 24, 1996) was a president of Soochow UniversitySoochow University (Taiwan)Soochow University is a private university located in Taipei, Taiwan. Although the Soochow University in Taiwan maintains a church and a Methodist minister in residence, it may be considered a secular institution...
in TaipeiTaipeiTaipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...
. - Henry Charles CareyHenry Charles CareyHenry Charles Carey , a leading 19th century economist of the American School of capitalism. He is now best known for the book The Harmony of Interests, to compare and contrast what he called the "British System" of laissez faire free trade capitalism with the "American System" of developmental...
, (December 15, 1793 – October 13, 1879), American, 19th century economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
of the American SchoolAmerican School (economics)The American School, also known as "National System", represents three different yet related constructs in politics, policy and philosophy. It was the American policy for the 1860s to the 1940s, waxing and waning in actual degrees and details of implementation...
of capitalism. - Edward Hastings Chamberlin, (May 18, 1899 – July 16, 1967) was an AmericanUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
. - Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.Alfred DuPont Chandler, Jr. was a professor of business history at Harvard Business School and Johns Hopkins University, who wrote extensively about the scale and the management structures of modern corporations. His works redefined business and economic history of industrialization...
, (September 15, 1918 – May 9, 2007), American, professor of business history at Harvard Business SchoolHarvard Business SchoolHarvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive...
and Johns Hopkins UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityThe Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States... - Ha-Joon ChangHa-Joon ChangHa-Joon Chang is one of the leading heterodox economists and institutional economists specialising in development economics...
, KoreanKorean languageKorean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...
, (born 1963) is one of the leading heterodox economistsHeterodox economics"Heterodox economics" refers to approaches or to schools of economic thought that are considered outside of "mainstream economics". Mainstream economists sometimes assert that it has little or no influence on the vast majority of academic economists in the English speaking world. "Mainstream...
and institutional economists specialising in development economicsDevelopment economicsDevelopment Economics is a branch of economics which deals with economic aspects of the development process in low-income countries. Its focus is not only on methods of promoting economic growth and structural change but also on improving the potential for the mass of the population, for example,...
. - Steven N. S. CheungSteven N. S. CheungSteven Ng-Sheong Cheung , a Hong Kong born economist, specializes in the fields of transaction costs and property rights. Known for his work on private property rights and transaction costs, he achieved his fame with an economic analysis on China open-door policy after 1980s...
, (born December 1, 1935), Chinese, economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
, specializes in the fields of transaction costTransaction costIn economics and related disciplines, a transaction cost is a cost incurred in making an economic exchange . For example, most people, when buying or selling a stock, must pay a commission to their broker; that commission is a transaction cost of doing the stock deal...
s and property rights. - Josiah ChildJosiah ChildSir Josiah Child of Wanstead, 1st Baronet , English merchant, economist proponent of mercantilism and governor of the East India Company, was born in London, the second son of Richard Child, a London merchant of old family.-Family:...
- Menzie ChinnMenzie ChinnMenzie David Chinn is a professor of public affairs and economics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Menzie actively writes in blogs and economic journals.-Education and career:...
- Colin ClarkColin ClarkColin Grant Clark was a British and Australian economist and statistician who worked in both the United Kingdom and Australia. He pioneered the use of the gross national product as the basis for studying national economies.-Biography:Colin Clark was born in London in 1905 and was educated at the...
- Gregory ClarkGregory Clark (economist)Gregory Clark is an economic historian at the University of California, Davis.-Biography:Clark, whose grandfathers were migrants to Scotland from Ireland, earned his B.A. in economics and philosophy at King's College, Cambridge in 1979 and his Ph.D. at Harvard in 1985...
- John Bates ClarkJohn Bates ClarkJohn Bates Clark was an American neoclassical economist. He was one of the pioneers of the marginalist revolution and opponent to the Institutionalist school of economics, and spent most of his career teaching at Columbia University.-Biography:Clark was born and raised in Providence, Rhode...
- John Maurice ClarkJohn Maurice ClarkJohn Maurice Clark was an American economist whose work combined the rigor of traditional economic analysis with an "institutionalist" attitude.- Academic career :...
- Ronald CoaseRonald CoaseRonald Harry Coase is a British-born, American-based economist and the Clifton R. Musser Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Chicago Law School. After studying with the University of London External Programme in 1927–29, Coase entered the London School of Economics, where he took...
- Jean Baptiste Colbert
- John R. CommonsJohn R. CommonsJohn Rogers Commons was an American institutional economist and labor historian at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.-Biography:Born in Hollansburg, Ohio, John R. Commons had a religious upbringing which led him to be an advocate for social justice early in life...
- Auguste ComteAuguste ComteIsidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Comte , better known as Auguste Comte , was a French philosopher, a founder of the discipline of sociology and of the doctrine of positivism...
- Marquis de CondorcetMarquis de CondorcetMarie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet , known as Nicolas de Condorcet, was a French philosopher, mathematician, and early political scientist whose Condorcet method in voting tally selects the candidate who would beat each of the other candidates in a run-off election...
- Tim CongdonTim CongdonTim G. Congdon CBE ) is an economist, educated at Colchester Royal Grammar School and St. John's and Nuffield colleges at the University of Oxford, with a long record of commenting on public policy issues, including writing sympathetically about the monetarist approach to macroeconomic policy...
- Russell W. CooperRussell W. Cooper (economist)Russell W. Cooper is an American macroeconomist who is the Fred Hofheinz Professor of Economics at the University of Texas, Austin. He has previously held academic positions at Yale University, the University of Iowa, and Boston University. He is best known for his work on coordination games...
- Antoine Augustin CournotAntoine Augustin CournotAntoine Augustin Cournot was a French philosopher and mathematician.Antoine Augustin Cournot was born at Gray, Haute-Saone. In 1821 he entered one of the most prestigious Grande École, the École Normale Supérieure, and in 1829 he had earned a doctoral degree in mathematics, with mechanics as his...
- Christopher Coyne
- Tyler CowenTyler CowenTyler Cowen is an American economist, academic, and writer. He occupies the Holbert C. Harris Chair of economics as a professor at George Mason University and is co-author, with Alex Tabarrok, of the popular economics blog Marginal Revolution...
- August Friedrich Wilhelm CromeAugust Friedrich Wilhelm CromeAugust Friedrich Wilhelm Crome was a German economist and statistician, known particularly for his Producten-Karte von Europa , one of the first uses of cartograms.- Publications :...
- Raymond CrottyRaymond CrottyRaymond Crotty was an Irish economist and campaigner against Irish membership of the European Union. In 1987 he mounted a successful legal challenge in the Irish Supreme Court against the government's attempt to ratify the Single European Act without reference to the people in a referendum.-Life...
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- Uri DadushUri DadushUri Dadush is a senior associate and the director of the "International Economics Program" at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His work currently focuses mainly on the economic implications of the Arab Spring, and on the Euro crisis...
- Herman E. Daly
- Charles DavenantCharles DavenantCharles Davenant , English economist, eldest son of Sir William Davenant, the poet, was born in London.-Overview:He was educated at Cheam grammar school and Balliol College, Oxford, but left the university without taking a degree...
- D.J. DaviesDavid James DaviesDr. D.J. Davies , was a Welsh economist, industrialist, prize winning essayist, author, political activist, pilot, and an internationalist...
- Partha DasguptaPartha DasguptaProfessor Sir Partha Sarathi Dasgupta, FRS, FBA , is the Frank Ramsey Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; Fellow of St John's College, Cambridge; Honorary Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; and Professor of Environmental and Development Economics at the...
- Paul DavidsonPaul Davidson (economist)Paul Davidson is an American macroeconomist who has been one of the leading spokesmen of the American branch of the Post Keynesian school in economics...
- Hernando de SotoHernando de Soto (economist)Hernando de Soto is a Peruvian economist known for his work on the informal economy and on the importance of business and property rights. He is the president of the Institute for Liberty and Democracy , located in Lima, Peru.-Childhood and education:Hernando de Soto was born in 1941 in Arequipa,...
- Gérard DebreuGerard DebreuGérard Debreu was a French economist and mathematician, who also came to have United States citizenship. Best known as a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he began work in 1962, he won the 1983 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.-Biography:His father was the...
- J. Bradford DeLongJ. Bradford DeLongJames Bradford DeLong commonly known as Brad DeLong, is a professor of Economics and chair of the Political Economy major at the University of California, Berkeley. He served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the United States Department of the Treasury in the Clinton Administration under Lawrence...
- Harold DemsetzHarold DemsetzHarold Demsetz is a professor emeritus of economics at the University of California at Los Angeles .-Career:Demsetz includes a short intellectual autobiography....
- Isaac de PintoIsaac de PintoIsaac de Pinto was a Dutch Jew of Portuguese origin, a scholar and one of the main investors in the Dutch East India Company....
- Pat DevinePat DevinePat Devine is a radical economist concerned mainly with industrial economics and comparative economic systems. He made one of the most thorough descriptions of a future economy where allocation is done by democratic planning and social ownership without any social division of labour...
- Armando Di FilippoArmando Di FilippoArmando Di Filippo is an Argentine economist, an economic science faculty member at the University of Rosario and Magíster in economic science at the University of Chile.-Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean:...
- Peter DiamondPeter A. DiamondPeter Arthur Diamond is an American economist known for his analysis of U.S. Social Security policy and his work as an advisor to the Advisory Council on Social Security in the late 1980s and 1990s. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2010, along with Dale T. Mortensen...
- Peter DickenPeter DickenPeter Dicken is a geographer, notable for his contributions to research into globalization, especially in his book Global Shift, which has sold many tens of thousand of copies. Global Shift is also known as the 'Globalization Bible' because of its factual and encyclopedic nature...
- Benjamin DioknoBenjamin DioknoBenjamin Diokno was Secretary of Budget and Management of the Philippines in the administration of President Joseph Estrada, from July 1998 until Estrada's ouster in January 2001...
- Avinash DixitAvinash DixitAvinash Kamalakar Dixit is an Indian-American economist originally of Indian nationality.-Education:Dixit received a B.Sc. from Bombay University in 1963 in Mathematics and Physics, a B.A...
- Simeon DjankovSimeon DjankovSimeon Djankov is a Bulgarian economist and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Bulgaria in the government of Boyko Borisov. Prior to his cabinet appointment, Simeon Djankov was a Chief economist of the finance and private sector vice-presidency of the World Bank...
- Maurice DobbMaurice DobbMaurice Herbert Dobb , was a British Marxist economist, and a lecturer 1924-1959 and Reader 1959-1976 at Cambridge University and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge 1948-1976.-Life:...
- Evsey DomarEvsey DomarEvsey David Domar was a Russian American economist, famous as co-author of the Harrod–Domar model.- Life :Evsey Domar was born on April 16, 1914 in the Polish city of Łódź, which belonged to Russia at that time...
- Peter DonaldsonPeter Donaldson (economist)Peter Donaldson was a British economist, academic, author, and radio and television broadcaster.-Academic career:Born in Eccles, Lancashire, Donaldson's family moved to Gillingham, Kent, when he was only 18 months old...
- Rudi DornbuschRudi DornbuschRüdiger "Rudi" Dornbusch was a German economist who worked for most of his career in the United States.-Biography:...
- Giovanni DosiGiovanni DosiGiovanni Dosi is Professor at the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa , where he also coordinates the International Doctoral Program in Economics and leads the Laboratory of Economics and Management...
- Paul DouglasPaul DouglasPaul Howard Douglas was an liberal American politician and University of Chicago economist. A war hero, he was elected as a Democratic U.S. Senator from Illinois from in the 1948 landslide, serving until his defeat in 1966...
- Mario DraghiMario DraghiMario Draghi is an Italian banker and economist who succeeded Jean-Claude Trichet as President of the European Central Bank on 1 November 2011...
(born September 3, 1947) is an ItalianItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
banker and economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
who has been governor of the Banca d'ItaliaBanca d'ItaliaBanca d'Italia is the central bank of Italy and part of the European System of Central Banks. It is located in Palazzo Koch, Roma, via Nazionale...
since January 16, 2006. - Axel DreherAxel DreherAxel Dreher is a German economist.He earned a master's degree from the University of Mannheim in 1999 and a Ph.D. in 2003...
- Jacques DrèzeJacques DrèzeJacques H. Drèze is a Belgian economist noted for his contributions to economic theory, econometrics, and economic policy as well as for his leadership in the economics profession. Drèze was the first President of the European Economic Association in 1986 and was the President of the Econometric...
- Pradeep DubeyPradeep DubeyPradeep Dubey, born January 9, 1951 in Patna, Bihar, India, is an American game theorist. He is Professor of Economics at State University of New York, Stony Brook and a member of at Stony Brook. He also holds a visiting position at Cowles Foundation, Yale University. He did his schooling from...
- Esther DufloEsther DufloEsther Duflo is a French economist, currently the Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is also co-founder and the Director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab...
- Wim DuisenbergWim DuisenbergWillem Frederik "Wim" Duisenberg was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party . He was the first President of the European Central Bank from 1 July 1998 until 31 October 2003. He was instrumental in the Introduction of the euro in the European Union in 2002. He was also credited for making numerous...
- Jules DupuitJules DupuitJules Dupuit was an Italian-born French civil engineer and economist.He was born in Fossano, Italy then under the rule of Napoleon Bonaparte. At the age of ten he emigrated to France with his family where he studied in Versailles — winning a Physics prize at graduation. He then studied in the...
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- Richard EasterlinRichard EasterlinRichard A. Easterlin is University Professor and Professor of Economics at the University of Southern California. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences...
- William EasterlyWilliam EasterlyWilliam Russell Easterly is an American economist, specializing in economic growth and foreign aid. He is a Professor of Economics at New York University, joint with Africa House, and Co-Director of NYU’s Development Research Institute. He is also a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings...
- Francis Ysidro EdgeworthFrancis Ysidro EdgeworthFrancis Ysidro Edgeworth FBA was an Irish philosopher and political economist who made significant contributions to the methods of statistics during the 1880s...
- Richard T. ElyRichard T. ElyRichard Theodore Ely was an American economist, author, and leader of the Progressive movement who called for more government intervention in order to reform what they perceived as the injustices of capitalism, especially regarding factory conditions, compulsory education, child labor, and labor...
- Ludwig ErhardLudwig ErhardLudwig Wilhelm Erhard was a German politician affiliated with the CDU and Chancellor of West Germany from 1963 until 1966. He is notable for his leading role in German postwar economic reform and economic recovery , particularly in his role as Minister of Economics under Chancellor Konrad Adenauer...
- Massimo EllulMassimo EllulMassimo Ellul is a Maltese businessman,He sat for and obtained a Diploma in marketing from Cambridge in 1991, and furthered his studies in the marketing field, with an MBA and a DBA, both majoring in marketing....
- Kenneth G. ElzingaKenneth G. ElzingaKenneth G. Elzinga is an economics professor at the University of Virginia. His two major claims to fame are his antitrust expertise and his co-authorship of a highly successful trio of murder mystery novels in which the sleuth, dubbed Henry Spearman, solves the murder using principles of...
- Ernst EngelErnst EngelErnst Engel was a German statistician and economist, famous for the Engel curve and the Engel's law.Ernst was born in Dresden in 1821...
- Friedrich EngelsFriedrich EngelsFriedrich Engels was a German industrialist, social scientist, author, political theorist, philosopher, and father of Marxist theory, alongside Karl Marx. In 1845 he published The Condition of the Working Class in England, based on personal observations and research...
- Stanley EngermanStanley EngermanStanley Lewis Engerman is an economist and economic historian at the University of Rochester. He received his Ph.D. in economics in 1962 from Johns Hopkins University. Engerman is known for his quantitative historical work along with Nobel prize winning economist Robert Fogel...
- Robert F. EngleRobert F. EngleRobert Fry Engle III is an American economist and the winner of the 2003 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, sharing the award with Clive Granger, "for methods of analyzing economic time series with time-varying volatility ".-Biography:Engle was born in Syracuse, New York and went on to...
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- Manuela Ferreira LeiteManuela Ferreira LeiteMaria Manuela Dias Ferreira Leite , commonly known as Manuela Ferreira Leite , is a Portuguese economist and politician.-Background:...
- Marc FaberMarc Faber-Background:Faber was born in Zürich and schooled in Geneva, Switzerland, where he raced for the Swiss National Ski Team. He studied Economics at the University of Zurich and, at the age of 24, obtained a Ph.D. degree in Economics magna cum laude...
- Günter FaltinGünter FaltinGünter Faltin is a German economist and entrepreneur.-Academic career:Faltin graduated with a Dr. rer.soc. from the University of Konstanz . His doctoral thesis investigates Milton Friedman's theory of consumer behavior...
- Eugene FamaEugene FamaEugene Francis "Gene" Fama is an American economist, known for his work on portfolio theory and asset pricing, both theoretical and empirical. He is currently Robert R...
- Henry FawcettHenry FawcettHenry Fawcett PC was a blind British academic, statesman and economist.-Background and education:Fawcett was born in Salisbury, and educated at King's College School and the University of Cambridge: entering Peterhouse in 1852, he migrated to Trinity Hall the following year, and became a fellow...
- Nikolaj Prokofevich Fedorenko
- Ernst FehrErnst FehrErnst Fehr is an economist from Austria. He is Professor of Microeconomics and Experimental Economic Research and chairman of the Department of Economics at the University of Zürich, Switzerland...
- Antal E. FeketeAntal E. FeketeAntal E. Fekete, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, is a proponent of the gold standard and critic of the current monetary system.His theories fall into the school of economic thought led by Carl Menger...
- Stanley FischerStanley FischerStanley "Stan" Fischer is an American-Israeli economist and the current Governor of the Bank of Israel. He previously served as Chief Economist at the World Bank.-Biography:...
- Irving FisherIrving FisherIrving Fisher was an American economist, inventor, and health campaigner, and one of the earliest American neoclassical economists, though his later work on debt deflation often regarded as belonging instead to the Post-Keynesian school.Fisher made important contributions to utility theory and...
- Jon FisherJon FisherJon Fisher is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, author, and economic analyst. Fisher co-founded and was Chief Executive Officer of Bharosa, an Oracle Corporation company, which produced the Oracle Adaptive Access Manager. Fisher is known for making accurate predictions about the U.S. economy,...
- William FleetwoodWilliam FleetwoodWilliam Fleetwood was an English preacher, Bishop of St Asaph and Bishop of Ely, remembered by economists and statisticians for constructing a price index in his Chronicon Preciosum of 1707.-Life:...
- Marcus FlemingMarcus FlemingJohn Marcus Fleming was Deputy Director of the research department of the International Monetary Fund for many years; he was already a member of this department during the period of Mundell's affiliation. At approximately the same time as Mundell, Fleming presented similar research on...
- John E. FloydJohn E. FloydJohn E. Floyd is a Canadian economist and member of the University of Toronto faculty.-Biography:...
- Robert FogelRobert FogelRobert William Fogel is an American economic historian and scientist, and winner of the 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He is now the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of American Institutions and director of the Center for Population Economics at the...
- Robert H. FrankRobert H. FrankRobert H. Frank is the Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management and a Professor of Economics at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University. He contributes to the "Economic View" column, which appears every fifth Sunday in The New York Times.-Career:Frank...
- Jeffrey FrankelJeffrey FrankelJeffrey Alexander "Jeff" Frankel is the James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Growth at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. A member of the Council of Economic Advisors under President Bill Clinton, Frankel is a noted international macroeconomist...
- Bernie Fraser
- Bruno FreyBruno FreyBruno S. Frey is a Swiss economist and a professor at the University of Zurich. He may be best known for his critique of Homo economicus or economic man, arguing that it places excessive emphasis on extrinsic motivation rather than intrinsic motivation...
- Benjamin M. FriedmanBenjamin M. FriedmanBenjamin Morton Friedman, a leading American political economist, is the William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University. Friedman is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Brookings Institute's Panel on Economic Activity, and the editorial board of the...
- David D. FriedmanDavid D. FriedmanDavid Director Friedman is an American economist, author, and Right-libertarian theorist. He is known as a leader in anarcho-capitalist political theory, which is the subject of his most popular book, The Machinery of Freedom...
- Milton FriedmanMilton FriedmanMilton Friedman was an American economist, statistician, academic, and author who taught at the University of Chicago for more than three decades...
- Ragnar Anton Kittil FrischRagnar Anton Kittil FrischRagnar Anton Kittil Frisch was a Norwegian economist and the co-winner with Jan Tinbergen of the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1969...
- Roland Fryer
- Masahisa FujitaMasahisa Fujitais a Japanese economist and professor at Kyoto university, who has studied regional science and Urban Economics and International Trade, Spatial Economy .Fujita majored in urban planning as an undergraduate at Kyoto University...
- Celso FurtadoCelso FurtadoCelso Monteiro Furtado was an important Brazilian economist and one of the most distinguished intellectuals of his country during the 20th century. His work focuses on development and underdevelopment and on the persistence of poverty in peripheral countries throughout the world...
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- Xavier GabaixXavier GabaixXavier Gabaix is a French economist, currently a Professor of Finance at the New York University Stern School of Business. He has been listed among the top 8 young economists in the world by The Economist....
- James Kenneth GalbraithJames K. GalbraithJames Kenneth Galbraith is an American economist who writes frequently for mainstream and liberal publications on economic topics. He is currently a professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and at the Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin. He is also a Senior...
- John Kenneth GalbraithJohn Kenneth GalbraithJohn Kenneth "Ken" Galbraith , OC was a Canadian-American economist. He was a Keynesian and an institutionalist, a leading proponent of 20th-century American liberalism...
- David GaleDavid GaleDavid Gale was a distinguished American mathematician and economist. He was a Professor Emeritus at University of California, Berkeley, affiliated with departments of Mathematics, Economics, and Industrial Engineering and Operations Research...
- Jordi GalíJordi GalíJordi Galí is a Spanish macroeconomist who is regarded as one of the main figures in New Keynesian macroeconomics today...
- A. Ronald GallantA. Ronald GallantA. Ronald "Ron" Gallant is a leading American econometrician. He is currently the Hanes Corporation Foundation Professor of Business Administration, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University, with secondary appointment in the Department of Economics, Duke University, in the United States.He is...
- Norton GarfinkleNorton GarfinkleNorton Garfinkle is an economist and author.He received a BA with honors from Columbia University and did his graduate work at Columbia University and Princeton University...
- Leonid GatovskyLeonid GatovskyLeonid Gatovsky was a Soviet economist . He was the first economist that brought up the objective rules of the socialist economy by with his work: The Methodology of the Socialist Economy Theory, which was published in 1930.-External links:...
- Henry GeorgeHenry GeorgeHenry George was an American writer, politician and political economist, who was the most influential proponent of the land value tax, also known as the "single tax" on land...
- Nicholas Georgescu-RoegenNicholas Georgescu-RoegenNicholas Georgescu-Roegen, born Nicolae Georgescu was a Romanian mathematician, statistician and economist, best known for his 1971 magnum opus The Entropy Law and the Economic Process, which situated the view that the second law of thermodynamics, i.e., that usable "free energy" tends to disperse...
- Silvio GesellSilvio GesellSilvio Gesell was a German merchant, theoretical economist, social activist, anarchist and founder of Freiwirtschaft.-Life:...
- Jayati GhoshJayati GhoshJayati Ghosh was educated at Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University , and the University of Cambridge. Her 1984 doctoral thesis at Cambridge University was titled "Non capitalist land rent: theories and the case of North India" under the supervision of Mr T Byres.She is now Professor of...
- Charles GideCharles GideCharles Gide was a leading French economist and historian of economic thought. He was a professor at the University of Bordeaux, at Montpellier, at Université de Paris and finally at Collège de France.- Academic work :...
- Richard T. Gill
- Victor GinsburghVictor GinsburghVictor Alexandre Ginsburgh is a Belgian economist of Austrian origin.Ginsburgh studied at the Solvay Business School at the Free University of Brussels and mastered in econometrics. He holds a Ph.D. in economics, 1972. He is professor at Université Libre de Bruxelles since 1975...
- Herbert GintisHerbert GintisHerbert Gintis is an American behavioral scientist, educator, and author. He is notable for his foundational views on Altruism, Cooperation, Epistemic Game Theory, Gene-culture coevolution, Efficiency wages, Strong reciprocity, and Human capital theory. Gintis has also written extensively on...
- Edward GlaeserEdward GlaeserEdward Ludwig "Ed" Glaeser is an economist at Harvard University. He was educated at The Collegiate School in New York City before obtaining his B.A. in economics from Princeton University and his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago...
- William GodwinWilliam GodwinWilliam Godwin was an English journalist, political philosopher and novelist. He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism, and the first modern proponent of anarchism...
- Jose Antonio GomarizJose Antonio GomarizJosé Antonio Gomariz was an Argentine economist and educator.He was a major figure in Argentine universities, including the University of Buenos Aires, where he was one of the founders of the Economics department in 1958 and Dean until 1972. He was also Dean of the University of Belgrano and a...
- George GoodmanGeorge GoodmanGeorge Jerome Waldo Goodman , is an American economist, author, and broadcast economics commentator, best known by his pseudonym Adam Smith . He also writes fiction under the name "George Goodman."-Background, education, and career:Goodman was born in St...
(a.k.a. "Adam Smith") - Myron J. Gordon
- Robert J. GordonRobert J. GordonRobert James "Bob" Gordon is an American economist. He is the Stanley G. Harris Professor of the Social Sciences at Northwestern University. He is known for his work on productivity, growth, the causes of unemployment, and airline economics.-Education:...
- Hermann Heinrich GossenHermann Heinrich GossenHermann Heinrich Gossen was a Prussian economist who is often regarded as the first to elaborate a general theory of marginal utility.-Life and work:...
- Benjamin GrahamBenjamin GrahamBenjamin Graham was an American economist and professional investor. Graham is considered the first proponent of value investing, an investment approach he began teaching at Columbia Business School in 1928 and subsequently refined with David Dodd through various editions of their famous book...
- Phil GrammPhil GrammWilliam Philip "Phil" Gramm is an American economist and politician, who has served as a Democratic Congressman , a Republican Congressman and a Republican Senator from Texas...
- Clive GrangerClive GrangerSir Clive William John Granger was a British economist, who taught in Britain at the University of Nottingham and in the U.S.A. at the University of California, San Diego. In 2003, Granger was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, in recognition that he and his co-winner, Robert F...
- Sir Thomas Gresham
- Stephany Griffith-JonesStephany Griffith-JonesStephany Griffith-Jones is an economist specialising in international finance and development, with emphasis on reform of the international financial system, specifically in relation to financial regulation, global governance and international capital flows...
- Elgin GrosecloseElgin GrosecloseElgin Earl Groseclose was an American economist, statesman, and author.Special assistant to Arthur Millspaugh's economic mission in Persia, he was appointed Treasurer-General of Persia by the order of the parliament of Iran in 1943....
- Dominique GuellecDominique GuellecDominique Guellec is a French economist. He formerly held the post of chief economist at the European Patent Office . He is senior economist at Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development where he is in charge of the department monitoring innovation policies.-Bibliography :* The...
- Faruk GülFaruk GülFaruk R. Gül is a Turkish American economist, a professor of economics at Princeton University and a Fellow of the Econometric Society.Gül did his undergraduate studies at Boğaziçi University, and received his Ph.D. from Princeton in 1986, where he was a student of Hugo F. Sonnenschein...
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- Trygve HaavelmoTrygve HaavelmoTrygve Magnus Haavelmo , born in Skedsmo, Norway, was an influential economist with main research interests centered on the fields of econometrics and economics theory. During World War II he worked with Nortraship in the Statistical Department in New York City. He received his Ph.D...
- Gottfried HaberlerGottfried HaberlerGottfried von Haberler was an economist. He worked in particular on international trade....
- Charles HallCharles Hall (economist)Charles Hall was a British physician, social critic and Ricardian socialist who published The Effects of Civilization on the People in European States in 1805, condemning capitalism for its inability to provide for the poor. In the book, Hall argued that inequalities in wealth and the production...
- Alvin HansenAlvin HansenAlvin Harvey Hansen , often referred to as "the American Keynes," was a professor of economics at Harvard, a widely read author on current economic issues, and an influential advisor to the government who helped create the Council of Economic Advisors and the Social security system...
- Lars Peter HansenLars Peter HansenLars Peter Hansen is an economist at the University of Chicago.- Biography :After graduating from Utah State University and the University of Minnesota Lars Peter Hansen (b. October 26, 1952 in Champaign, Illinois) is an economist at the University of Chicago.- Biography :After graduating from...
- Eric HanushekEric HanushekEric Alan Hanushek is a Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University. He is also an expert on educational policy. His main area of interest is the economics of education, focusing on controversial areas of education policy including the class size reduction,...
- Mahbub ul HaqMahbub ul HaqMahbub ul Haq was an Pakistani economist who is known to be the pioneer of Human development theory and the founder of the Human Development Report...
- Arnold HarbergerArnold HarbergerArnold C. Harberger is a United States economist. Harberger's Triangle, widely used in welfare economics, is named after him.-Life:...
- Donald HardingDonald Harding (professor)Donald Edward Harding is one of Australia's leading experts in corporate law and securities regulation. He also has a depth of knowledge in a range of fields and is repeatedly consulted on questions of contract and commercial law, equity and public law. He has a particular expertise in relation to...
- Tim HarfordTim HarfordTim Harford is an English economist and journalist, residing in London. He is the author of four economics books, presenter of BBC television series Trust Me, I'm an Economist, and writer of a humorous weekly column called "Dear Economist" for The Financial Times, in which he uses economic theory...
- Roy HarrodRoy HarrodSir Henry Roy Forbes Harrod was an English economist. He is best known for his biography of John Maynard Keynes and the development of the Harrod–Domar model, which he and Evsey Domar developed independently...
- John HarsanyiJohn HarsanyiJohn Charles Harsanyi was a Hungarian-Australian-American economist and Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences winner....
- Oliver Hart
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- Jerry A. HausmanJerry A. HausmanJerry A. Hausman is the John and Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a famous econometrician. He has also published numerous papers in applied microeconomics...
- Friedrich HayekFriedrich HayekFriedrich August Hayek CH , born in Austria-Hungary as Friedrich August von Hayek, was an economist and philosopher best known for his defense of classical liberalism and free-market capitalism against socialist and collectivist thought...
- Henry HazlittHenry HazlittHenry Stuart Hazlitt was an American economist, philosopher, literary critic and journalist for such publications as The Wall Street Journal, The Nation, The American Mercury, Newsweek, and The New York Times...
- James HeckmanJames HeckmanJames Joseph Heckman is an American economist and Nobel laureate. He is the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, Professor of Science and Society at University College Dublin and a Senior Research Fellow at the American Bar Foundation.Heckman...
- Eli HeckscherEli HeckscherEli Filip Heckscher was a Swedish political economist and economic historian.-Biography:...
- Hazel HendersonHazel HendersonHazel Henderson is a futurist and an economic iconoclast. In recent years she has worked in television, and she is the author of several books including Building A Win-Win World, Beyond Globalization, Planetary Citizenship , and Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy.- Career :Henderson is now...
- Noreena HertzNoreena HertzProfessor Noreena Hertz is an English economist, author and campaigner.In her 2002 book The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism and The Death of Democracy, Hertz warned that unregulated markets, corporate greed, and over-powerful financial institutions would have serious global consequences that...
- Robert HeilbronerRobert HeilbronerRobert L. Heilbroner was an American economist and historian of economic thought. The author of some twenty books, Heilbroner was best known for The Worldly Philosophers , a survey of the lives and contributions of famous economists, notably Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard...
- John HicksJohn HicksSir John Richard Hicks was a British economist and one of the most important and influential economists of the twentieth century. The most familiar of his many contributions in the field of economics were his statement of consumer demand theory in microeconomics, and the IS/LM model , which...
- Michael J. HicksMichael J. HicksMichael J. Hicks is an economist and columnist. He is currently the director of the Center for Business and Economic Research and Associate Professor of Economics at Ball State University..-Early Life & Military Career:...
- Robert HiggsRobert HiggsRobert Higgs is an American economic historian, economist combining the insights from the Public Choice, Institutional and Austrian schools of economics, and a classical liberal or libertarian in political and legal theory and public policy...
- Jack HirshleiferJack HirshleiferJack Hirshleifer was an American economist and long-time professor at the University of California, Los Angeles....
- John A. HobsonJohn A. HobsonJohn Atkinson Hobson , commonly known as John A. Hobson or J. A. Hobson, was an English economist and critic of imperialism, widely popular as a lecturer and writer.-Life:...
- Thomas HodgskinThomas HodgskinThomas Hodgskin was an Englishsocialist writer on political economy, critic of capitalism, free-market anarchist and defender of free trade and early trade unions...
- Hans Hermann Hoppe
- Branko HorvatBranko HorvatBranko Horvat was a Croatian economist and politician. He worked a long time at the Institute of Economic Sciences, the former Planning Institute of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia...
- Harold HotellingHarold HotellingHarold Hotelling was a mathematical statistician and an influential economic theorist.He was Associate Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University from 1927 until 1931, a member of the faculty of Columbia University from 1931 until 1946, and a Professor of Mathematical Statistics at the...
- Peter HowittPeter Howitt (economist)Peter Wilkinson Howitt is a Canadian economist. He is the Lyn Crost Professor of Social Sciences at Brown University. Howitt is a Fellow of the Econometric Society since 1994 and a Fellow of Royal Society of Canada since 1992...
- William HsiaoWilliam HsiaoWilliam C. Hsiao an American economist, is the K.T. Li Professor of Economics at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts...
- Michael HudsonMichael Hudson (economist)Michael Hudson is research professor of economics at University of Missouri, Kansas City and a research associate at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College...
- Leonid HurwiczLeonid HurwiczLeonid "Leo" Hurwicz was a Russian-born American economist and mathematician. His nationality of origin was Polish. He was Jewish. He originated incentive compatibility and mechanism design, which show how desired outcomes are achieved in economics, social science and political science...
- David HumeDavid HumeDavid Hume was a Scottish philosopher, historian, economist, and essayist, known especially for his philosophical empiricism and skepticism. He was one of the most important figures in the history of Western philosophy and the Scottish Enlightenment...
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- Robert A. JarrowRobert A. JarrowRobert Alan Jarrow is the Ronald P. and Susan E. Lynch Professor of Investment Management at the Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University...
- William Stanley JevonsWilliam Stanley JevonsWilliam Stanley Jevons was a British economist and logician.Irving Fisher described his book The Theory of Political Economy as beginning the mathematical method in economics. It made the case that economics as a science concerned with quantities is necessarily mathematical...
- Marshall JevonsMarshall JevonsMarshall Jevons is a fictitious crime writer invented and used by William L. Breit and Kenneth G. Elzinga, professors of economics at Trinity University, San Antonio and the University of Virginia, respectively....
- Harry Gordon JohnsonHarry Gordon JohnsonHarry Gordon Johnson was a Canadian economist who studied topics such as International trade and International finance.He was born on 26 May 1923 in Toronto, Canada, the elder son of two children of Henry Herbert Johnson, newspaperman and later secretary of the Liberal Party of Ontario, and his...
- Richard JonesRichard Jones (economist)Richard Jones was an English economist who criticised the theoretical views of David Ricardo and T. R. Malthus on economic rent and population....
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- Daniel KahnemanDaniel KahnemanDaniel Kahneman is an Israeli-American psychologist and Nobel laureate. He is notable for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making, behavioral economics and hedonic psychology....
- Ehud KalaiEhud KalaiEhud Kalai is a prominent American game theorist and mathematical economist known for his contributions to the field of game theory and its interface with economics, social choice, computer science and operations research. He is the James J...
- Nicholas KaldorNicholas KaldorNicholas Kaldor, Baron Kaldor was one of the foremost Cambridge economists in the post-war period...
- Michal KaleckiMichal KaleckiMichał Kalecki was a Polish economist who specialized in macroeconomics of a broadly-defined Keynesian sort...
- Thomas KaneThomas Kane (economist)Thomas Kane is an economist and Professor of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He has made important contributions to the concept of education policy, including policies pertaining to student assessment, teacher quality and financial aid for college. In 1995-96 he served on the...
- Leonid KantorovichLeonid KantorovichLeonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich was a Soviet mathematician and economist, known for his theory and development of techniques for the optimal allocation of resources...
- Ethan KaplanEthan KaplanEthan Kaplan is currently an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland. Before that, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley and an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Institute for International Economic Studies at...
- Steve KeenSteve KeenSteve Keen is a Professor in economics and finance at the University of Western Sydney. He classes himself as a post-Keynesian, criticizing both modern neoclassical economics and Marxian economics as inconsistent, unscientific and empirically unsupported...
- Timothy J. KehoeTimothy J. KehoeTimothy Jerome "Tim" Kehoe is a renowned American economist and professor at the University of Minnesota. His area of specialty is macroeconomics and international economics....
- Peter KenenPeter KenenPeter B. Kenen is a Senior Fellow in International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations and Walker Professor of Economics and International Finance at Princeton University....
- Srgjan KerimSrgjan KerimSrgjan Asan Kerim is Macedonian diplomat and former President of the United Nations General Assembly. His term of office began on September 18, 2007 and ended on September 16, 2008. He is half Macedonian half Turkish. -Education:...
- John Maynard KeynesJohn Maynard KeynesJohn Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes of Tilton, CB FBA , was a British economist whose ideas have profoundly affected the theory and practice of modern macroeconomics, as well as the economic policies of governments...
- Charles KennedyCharles Kennedy (economist)Charles Kennedy was an economist, often considered one of the finest theorists of his generation.He was born into a large family, the youngest of five sons; he was the son of George Kennedy, an architect, and grandson of the painter Charles Napier Kennedy. A gifted child, he was educated at...
- Ibn KhaldunIbn KhaldunIbn Khaldūn or Ibn Khaldoun was an Arab Tunisian historiographer and historian who is often viewed as one of the forerunners of modern historiography, sociology and economics...
- Mwai KibakiMwai KibakiMwai Kibaki is the current and third President of the republic of Kenya.Kibaki was previously Vice President of Kenya for ten years from 1978–1988 and also held cabinet ministerial positions, including a widely acclaimed stint as Minister for Finance , Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for...
- Mervyn KingMervyn King (economist)An ex-officio member of the Bank's interest-rate setting Monetary Policy Committee since its inception in 1997, Sir Mervyn is the only person to have taken part in every one of its monthly meetings to date. His voting style is often seen as "hawkish", a perspective that emphasises the dangers of...
- Robert G. KingRobert King (economist)Robert G. King is a macroeconomist. He is currently Professor at the Department of Economics at Boston University, editor of the Journal of Monetary Economics, research consultant to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, and a member of the National Bureau of Economic Research.Before that he was a...
- Israel KirznerIsrael KirznerIsrael Meir Kirzner is a leading economist in the Austrian School.-Early life:The son of a well-known rabbi and Talmudist, Kirzner was born in London, England and came to the United States via South Africa.-Education:After studying with the University of Cape Town, South Africa in 1947-48 and...
- Nobuhiro KiyotakiNobuhiro Kiyotakiis a Japanese economist and professor at Princeton University especially known for proposing several models that provide deeper microeconomic foundations for macroeconomics, some of which play a prominent role in New Keynesian macroeconomics.-Career:...
- Lawrence KleinLawrence KleinLawrence Robert Klein is an American economist. For his work in creating computer models to forecast economic trends in the field of econometrics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1980...
- Jan KmentaJan KmentaJan Kmenta is a Czech-American economist. Currently he is Professor Emeritus of Economics and Statistics at the University of Michigan, and Visiting Professor at CERGE-EI in Prague...
- Frank KnightFrank KnightFrank Hyneman Knight was an American economist who spent most of his career at the University of Chicago, where he became one of the founders of the Chicago school. Nobel laureates James M. Buchanan, Milton Friedman and George Stigler were all students of Knight at Chicago. Knight supervised...
- Nikolai KondratievNikolai KondratievNikolai Dmitriyevich Kondratiev , Russian: Николай Дмитриевич Кондратьев , was a Russian economist, who was a proponent of the New Economic Policy in the Soviet Union....
- Tjalling KoopmansTjalling KoopmansTjalling Charles Koopmans was the joint winner, with Leonid Kantorovich, of the 1975 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences....
- János KornaiJános KornaiJános Kornai , is an economist noted for his analysis and criticism of the command economies of Eastern European communist states.- Biography :...
- Andrey KorotayevAndrey KorotayevAndrey Korotayev is an anthropologist, economic historian, and sociologist, with major contributions to world-systems theory, cross-cultural studies, Near Eastern history, and mathematical modeling of social and economic macrodynamics.Education and career=Born in Moscow, Andrey Korotayev attended...
- Naum KrasnerNaum KrasnerNaum Krasner, 21 February 1924 - 5 March 1999, was a Russian mathematician and economist.A former colonel in the Soviet Army, he joined Voronezh State University as a student in 1957 and, on graduating in 1961, joined the faculty there...
- Lawrence B. KrauseLawrence B. KrauseLawrence B. Krause is an economist.Krause received his B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1951; his M.A. in Economics from the University of Michigan in 1952; and his Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University in 1958....
- Jan KregelJan KregelJan A. Kregel is an eminent Post-Keynesian economist.Kregel has served since 2006 as Professor of Finance and Development at Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia. He is a permanent advisor for the Trade and Development Report of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development...
- Michael KremerMichael KremerMichael Robert Kremer is a development economist and is currently the Gates Professor of Developing Societies at Harvard University. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and a Presidential Faculty Fellowship, and was named a Young Global...
- Paul KrugmanPaul KrugmanPaul Robin Krugman is an American economist, professor of Economics and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, Centenary Professor at the London School of Economics, and an op-ed columnist for The New York Times...
- Per KrusellPer KrusellPer Lennart Krusell, born 1959, is a Swedish macroeconomic theorist who currently teaches at Princeton University and at the Institute for International Economic Studies in Stockholm...
- Robert KuttnerRobert KuttnerRobert Kuttner is an American journalist and writer. Kuttner is the co-founder and current co-editor of The American Prospect, which was created in 1990 as "an authoritative magazine of liberal ideas," according to its mission statement...
- Simon KuznetsSimon KuznetsSimon Smith Kuznets was a Russian American economist at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania who won the 1971 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences "for his empirically founded interpretation of economic growth which has led to new and deepened insight into the economic and...
- Finn E. KydlandFinn E. KydlandFinn Erling Kydland is a Norwegian economist. He is currently the Henley Professor of Economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He also holds the Richard P...
- Vladimir KvintVladimir KvintDr. Vladimir Kvint is an economist and strategist, the President of the International Academy of Emerging Markets, and an Adjunct Professor at La Salle University's School of Business . In parallel, since 2007, he has been the Chair of the Department of Financial Strategy at the Moscow School of...
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- Ludwig LachmannLudwig LachmannLudwig Lachmann was a German economist who became a member of and important contributor to the Austrian School.-Education and career:...
- Arthur LafferArthur LafferArthur Betz Laffer is an American economist who first gained prominence during the Reagan administration as a member of Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory Board . Laffer is best known for the Laffer curve, an illustration of the theory that there exists some tax rate between 0% and 100% that will...
- Jean-Jacques LaffontJean-Jacques LaffontJean-Jacques Marcel Laffont was a French economist specializing in public economics and information economics. Educated at the University of Toulouse and the Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique in Paris, he was awarded the Ph.D...
- David LaidlerDavid LaidlerDavid Ernest William Laidler has been one of the foremost scholars of monetarism. He published major economics journal articles on the topic in the late 1960s and early 1970s...
- Steven LandsburgSteven LandsburgSteven E. Landsburg is an American professor of economics at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York. From 1989 to 1995, he taught at Colorado State University.-Education:...
- Philip R. LanePhilip R. LaneDr Philip R. Lane is Professor of International Macroeconomics and Director of the Institute for International Integration Studies at Trinity College, Dublin. He received a doctorate in Economics at Harvard University in 1995 and was an Assistant Professor of Economics and International Affairs...
- Oskar LangeOskar LangeOskar Ryszard Lange was a Polish economist and diplomat...
- Serge LatoucheSerge LatoucheSerge Latouche is a French emeritus professor at the University of Paris-Sud and a critic of the consumer society.-Books:...
- Richard LayardRichard LayardRichard Layard, Baron Layard is a British economist. He was founder-director in 1990 of, and is a current programme director at, the Centre for Economic Performance at the...
- John LawJohn Law (economist)John Law was a Scottish economist who believed that money was only a means of exchange that did not constitute wealth in itself and that national wealth depended on trade...
- Axel LeijonhufvudAxel LeijonhufvudAxel Leijonhufvud is a Swedish economist, currently professor emeritus at the University of California Los Angeles and professor at the University of Trento, Italy....
- Leonardus Lessius
- Wassily LeontiefWassily LeontiefWassily Wassilyovich Leontief , was a Russian-American economist notable for his research on how changes in one economic sector may have an effect on other sectors. Leontief won the Nobel Committee's Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1973, and three of his doctoral students have also...
- Richard Levin
- David K. LevineDavid K. LevineDavid Knudsen Levine is the John H. Biggs Distinguished Professor of Economics at Washington University in St. Louis. His research includes the study of intellectual property and endogenous growth in dynamic general equilibrium models, the endogenous formation of preferences, social norms and...
- Steven D. Levitt
- Arthur Lewis
- Evsei LibermanEvsei LibermanEvsei Liberman was a Soviet economist who lived in Kharkiv .He was a teacher at the Kharkiv Institute of Peoples Econome, the Kharkiv Institute of Engineering and Economy and the University of Kharkiv....
- Justin Yifu LinJustin Yifu LinJustin Yifu Lin , born as Zhengyi Lin, on October 15, 1952, in Yilan, Taiwan, is a Chinese economist and Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank.-Career and education:...
- Erik LindahlErik LindahlErik Robert Lindahl was a Swedish economist and a member of the Stockholm school....
- Friedrich ListFriedrich ListGeorg Friedrich List was a leading 19th century German economist who developed the "National System" or what some would call today the National System of Innovation...
- John A. ListJohn A. ListJohn August List is The Homer J. Livingston Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago. He received his B.A. from the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point, and his Ph.D. from the University of Wyoming in 1996...
- John LockeJohn LockeJohn Locke FRS , widely known as the Father of Liberalism, was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers. Considered one of the first of the British empiricists, following the tradition of Francis Bacon, he is equally important to social...
- William Forster Lloyd
- Bernard LonerganBernard LonerganFr. Bernard J.F. Lonergan, CC, SJ was a Canadian Jesuit priest, philosopher, and theologian widely regarded as one of the most important Catholic thinkers of the twentieth century....
- Max O. LorenzMax O. LorenzMax Otto Lorenz was an American economist who developed the Lorenz curve in 1905 to describe income inequalities. He published this paper while a doctoral student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison...
- Pascal LorotPascal Lorot-Biography :An economics PhD from the l'Institut d'études politiques de Paris and a political science PhD from l'Université Paris II, Pascal Lorot has been the president of Institut Choiseul for International Politics and Geoeconomics since 2003 and has also been a member of the French Commission...
- Robert Lucas, Jr.Robert Lucas, Jr.Robert Emerson Lucas, Jr. is an American economist at the University of Chicago. He received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1995 and is consistently indexed among the top 10 economists in the Research Papers in Economics rankings. He is married to economist Nancy Stokey.He received his B.A. in...
- Rosa LuxemburgRosa LuxemburgRosa Luxemburg was a Marxist theorist, philosopher, economist and activist of Polish Jewish descent who became a naturalized German citizen...
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- Donald MacDougallDonald MacDougallSir George Donald Alastair MacDougall was a Scottish economist and civil servant who held enormous influence over public policy during the 1960s...
- Edmond MalinvaudEdmond MalinvaudEdmond Malinvaud is a French economist. He was the first president of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences....
- Thomas MalthusThomas MalthusThe Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus FRS was an English scholar, influential in political economy and demography. Malthus popularized the economic theory of rent....
- Gerard de MalynesGerard de MalynesGerard de Malynes was an independent merchant in foreign trade, an English commissioner in the Spanish Netherlands, a government advisor on trade matters, assay master of the mint, and commissioner of mint affairs.-Books:...
- N. Gregory MankiwN. Gregory MankiwNicholas Gregory "Greg" Mankiw is an American macroeconomist and Professor of Economics at Harvard University. Mankiw is known in academia for his work on New Keynesian economics....
- Charles Manski
- Harry MarkowitzHarry MarkowitzHarry Max Markowitz is an American economist and a recipient of the John von Neumann Theory Prize and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences....
- Karl MarloKarl MarloKarl Marlo, pseudonym of Karl Georg Winkelblech , was a German professor, scientist, chemist and state socialist.-Life:Marlo was born in Ensheim near Mainz...
- Alfred MarshallAlfred MarshallAlfred Marshall was an Englishman and one of the most influential economists of his time. His book, Principles of Economics , was the dominant economic textbook in England for many years...
- Xavier Sala-i-MartinXavier Sala-i-MartinXavier Sala-i-Martin is a professor of economics at Columbia University.Sala-i-Martin earned his degree from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 1985 and his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1990, both in economics...
- Harriet MartineauHarriet MartineauHarriet Martineau was an English social theorist and Whig writer, often cited as the first female sociologist....
- Karl MarxKarl MarxKarl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist political movement...
- Eric MaskinEric MaskinEric Stark Maskin is an American economist and Nobel laureate recognized with Leonid Hurwicz and Roger Myerson "for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory." He is the Albert O...
- Richard Maybury
- Elizabeth MaysElizabeth MaysElizabeth Mays is American economist, best known for her books on credit scoring.- Career :During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Mays worked as a government economist in Washington specializing financial institutions, first at the Government Accountability Office, and later at the Office of...
- Deirdre McCloskeyDeirdre McCloskeyDeirdre N. McCloskey is an American economics professor. Her job title at the University of Illinois at Chicago is Distinguished Professor of Economics, History, English, and Communication...
- John Ramsey McCulloch
- James McDonaldJames McDonald (economist)James McDonald is an economist at Brigham Young University, specializing in econometrics. He received his B.S. in Mathematics from Utah State University in 1964; his M.S. in Mathematics from Utah State University in 1966; and his Ph.D...
- Daniel McFaddenDaniel McFaddenDaniel Little McFadden is an econometrician who shared the 2000 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with James Heckman ; McFadden's share of the prize was "for his development of theory and methods for analyzing discrete choice". He was the E. Morris Cox Professor of Economics at the...
- Lionel W. McKenzieLionel W. McKenzieLionel Wilfred McKenzie was the Wilson Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Rochester. He was born in Montezuma, Georgia. He completed undergraduate studies at Duke University in 1939 and subsequently moved to Oxford that year as a Rhodes Scholar...
- David McWilliamsDavid McWilliamsDavid McWilliams is an Irish journalist and economist. McWilliams has worked with as an economist with Central Bank of Ireland and as a banker with UBS bank and the Banque Nationale de Paris...
- Gardiner MeansGardiner MeansGardiner C. Means was an American economist. He worked at Harvard University where he met Adolf Berle. Together they wrote the seminal work of corporate governance, The Modern Corporation and Private Property. Means followed the institutionalist tradition of economists...
- Sir Leslie MelvilleLeslie MelvilleSir Leslie Galfreid Melville KBE was a renowned Australian economist, academic and public servant. He helped form Australia's central banking system and gave her a voice in international economic forums in the years following World War II...
- Carl MengerCarl MengerCarl Menger was the founder of the Austrian School of economics, famous for contributing to the development of the theory of marginal utility, which contested the cost-of-production theories of value, developed by the classical economists such as Adam Smith and David Ricardo.- Biography :Menger...
- Stanislav MenshikovStanislav MenshikovStanislav Mikhaĭlovich Menʹshikov, born 1927, is a Russian economist and former Soviet diplomat. He is the author of numerous publications in Russian and English including The Anatomy of Russian Capitalism, and a chapter in Capitalism, Communism and Coexistence...
- Robert C. MertonRobert C. MertonRobert Carhart Merton is an American economist, Nobel laureate in Economics, and professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management.-Biography:...
- Albert J. MeyerAlbert J. Meyer (economist)Albert Julius Meyer was an American economist who taught at Harvard University for 28 years. Meyers specialized in the economies of the Middle East....
- Leo MichelisLeo MichelisLeo Michelis is a Greek-Canadian economist. He is a Professor of Economics at Ryerson University. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Queen's University and his B.A. and M.A. degrees from York University. His areas of research interests are theoretical and applied econometrics and...
- David MilesDavid MilesDavid Miles is a British economist. He is a Visiting Professor at Imperial College London and former Chief UK Economist of Morgan Stanley...
- Murray MilgateMurray MilgateMurray Milgate is an Australian-born academic economist and Fellow and Director of Studies in Economics at Queens' College in the University of Cambridge...
- Paul MilgromPaul MilgromPaul Robert Milgrom is an American economist. He is the Shirley and Leonard Ely Professor of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University, a position he has held since 1987. Dr. Milgrom is an expert in game theory, specifically auction theory and pricing strategies...
- John Stuart MillJohn Stuart MillJohn Stuart Mill was a British philosopher, economist and civil servant. An influential contributor to social theory, political theory, and political economy, his conception of liberty justified the freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state control. He was a proponent of...
- Merton MillerMerton MillerMerton Howard Miller was the co-author of the Modigliani-Miller theorem which proposed the irrelevance of debt-equity structure. He shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1990, along with Harry Markowitz and William Sharpe...
- Jacob MincerJacob MincerJacob Mincer , was a father of modern labor economics. He was Joseph L. Buttenwiser Professor of Economics and Social Relations at Columbia University for most of his active life.-Biography:...
- Hyman MinskyHyman MinskyHyman Philip Minsky was an American economist and professor of economics at Washington University in St. Louis. His research attempted to provide an understanding and explanation of the characteristics of financial crises...
- James MirrleesJames MirrleesSir James Alexander Mirrlees is a Scottish economist and winner of the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was knighted in 1998....
- Ludwig von MisesLudwig von MisesLudwig Heinrich Edler von Mises was an Austrian economist, philosopher, and classical liberal who had a significant influence on the modern Libertarian movement and the "Austrian School" of economic thought.-Biography:-Early life:...
- Wesley Mitchell
- Franco ModiglianiFranco ModiglianiFranco Modigliani was an Italian economist at the MIT Sloan School of Management and MIT Department of Economics, and winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1985.-Life and career:...
(June 18, 1918 – September 25, 2003) was an Italian economistEconomistAn economist is a professional in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy...
at the MIT Sloan School of ManagementMIT Sloan School of ManagementThe MIT Sloan School of Management is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Cambridge, Massachusetts....
and MIT Department of EconomicsMIT Department of EconomicsThe MIT Department of Economics is a department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts.Undergraduate studies in economics were introduced in the 19th century by institute president Francis Amasa Walker. The department's Ph.D...
, and winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1985. - Herbert MohringHerbert MohringHerbert Mohring is a transportation economist who taught at the University of Minnesota for many years. He received his Ph.D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1959....
- Gustave de MolinariGustave de MolinariGustave de Molinari was an economist born in Belgium associated with French laissez-faire liberal economists such as Frédéric Bastiat and Hippolyte Castille. Living in Paris, in the 1840s, he took part in the "Ligue pour la Liberté des Échanges" , animated by Frédéric Bastiat...
- Winnie Monsod
- Jonathan MorduchJonathan MorduchJonathan Morduch is a Professor of Public Policy and Economics at the NYU Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service. He is a prominent development economist most well known for his significant academic contributions to assessing the impact of microfinance since the early years of the movement...
- Michio MorishimaMichio Morishimawas a Japanese economist, mathematician and econometrician, who was a faculty member at the London School of Economics from 1970-88 as the Sir John Hicks Professor of Economics...
- Dale Mortensen
- Warren MoslerWarren MoslerWarren Mosler is an American economist, president and founder of Mosler Automotive, and co-founder of the Center for Full Employment And Price Stability at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He briefly ran for President of the United States as a member of the Democratic Party in the 2012...
- Anu MuhammadAnu MuhammadMuhammad Anisur Rahman, better known by his pseudonym Anu Muhammad , is a Bangladeshi Economist and political activist. He is a professor at Jahangirnagar University where he has taught economics since 1982 and taught anthropology from 1991 to 2005...
- Thomas MunThomas MunThomas Mun was an English writer on economics who has been called the last of the early mercantilists. He was among the first to recognize the exportation of service, or invisible items, as valuable trade, and made early statements strongly in support of capitalism.Mun began his career by engaging...
- Mohan MunasingheMohan MunasingheMohan Munasinghe is a Sri Lankan physicist and economist. With a focus on energy, sustainable development and climate change, he is the Chairman of the , the at the University of Manchester, UK, and the Vice Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , that shared the 2007 Nobel...
- Robert MundellRobert MundellRobert Mundell, CC is a Nobel Prize-winning Canadian economist. Currently, Mundell is a professor of economics at Columbia University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong....
- Richard MurnaneRichard MurnaneRichard Murnane is an economist and the Juliana W. and William Foss Thompson Professor of Education and Society at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He has made important contributions to our understanding of education policy and the relationship between the economy and education. He has...
- Tim Murray
- John MuthJohn Muth-Legacy:It has hard to point to one substantial area of economic research into dynamic problems which has not changed as a result of the publication of Muth's works at GSIA. Almost paradoxically, the only viable alternative to Muth's hypothesis is the research agenda put forward by Herb Simon and...
- Roger MyersonRoger MyersonRoger Bruce Myerson is an American economist and Nobel laureate recognized with Leonid Hurwicz and Eric Maskin for "having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory." A professor at the University of Chicago, he has made contributions as an economist, as an applied mathematician, and as a...
- Alva MyrdalAlva MyrdalAlva Myrdal was a Swedish sociologist and politician. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1982. She married Gunnar Myrdal in 1924....
- Gunnar MyrdalGunnar MyrdalKarl Gunnar Myrdal was a Swedish Nobel Laureate economist, sociologist, and politician. In 1974, he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Friedrich Hayek for "their pioneering work in the theory of money and economic fluctuations and for their penetrating analysis of the...
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- John Forbes NashJohn Forbes NashJohn Forbes Nash, Jr. is an American mathematician whose works in game theory, differential geometry, and partial differential equations have provided insight into the forces that govern chance and events inside complex systems in daily life...
- Richard NelsonRichard R. Nelson (economist)Richard R. Nelson is an American professor of economics at Columbia University. He is one of the leading figures in the revival of evolutionary economics thanks to his seminal book An Evolutionary Theory of Economic Change written jointly with Sidney G. Winter...
- Nikolay NenovskyNikolay NenovskyNikolay Nenovsky is a Bulgarian economist, and Professor of economics and finance.He graduated from the Moscow State University, Russia , received his Ph.D in economics from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences . Actually he taught Monetary theory and International Finance at the University of...
- John von NeumannJohn von NeumannJohn von Neumann was a Hungarian-American mathematician and polymath who made major contributions to a vast number of fields, including set theory, functional analysis, quantum mechanics, ergodic theory, geometry, fluid dynamics, economics and game theory, computer science, numerical analysis,...
- Francis William NewmanFrancis William NewmanFrancis William Newman , the younger brother of Cardinal Newman, was an English scholar and miscellaneous writer.-Life:...
- Stephen NickellStephen NickellStephen John Nickell CBE is a British economist and currently Warden of Nuffield College, Oxford.Nickell was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood and Pembroke College, Cambridge....
- William NordhausWilliam NordhausWilliam Dawbney "Bill" Nordhaus is the Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University. Nordhaus lives in New Haven, Connecticut, with his wife Barbara.-Career:...
- Montagu Norman
- Douglass NorthDouglass NorthDouglass Cecil North is an American economist known for his work in economic history. He is the co-recipient of the 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences...
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- William OgilvieWilliam Ogilvie of PittensearWilliam Ogilvie of Pittensear—the ‘rebel professor’—was the 18th century Scottish author of an influential historic land reform treatise. Published in London in 1782, An Essay on the Right of Property in Land was issued anonymously, necessarily it seems in a revolutionary age.Along with John Locke,...
- Lee E.Ohanian
- Bertil OhlinBertil OhlinBertil Gotthard Ohlin was a Swedish economist and politician. He was a professor of economics at the Stockholm School of Economics from 1929 to 1965. He was also leader of the People's Party, a social-liberal party which at the time was the largest party in opposition to the governing Social...
- Walter OiWalter OiWalter Yasuo Oi is the Elmer B. Milliman Professor of Economics at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York...
- Nobuo OkishioNobuo Okishiowas a Japanese Marxian economist and emeritus professor of Kobe University. In 1979, He was elected President of Japan Association of Economics and Econometrics, which is now Japanese Economic Association....
- Arthur Melvin OkunArthur Melvin OkunArthur Melvin "Art" Okun was an American economist. He served as the chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers between 1968 and 1969...
- Mancur OlsonMancur OlsonMancur Lloyd Olson, Jr. was a leading American economist and social scientist who, at the time of his death, worked at the University of Maryland, College Park...
- Redvers OpieRedvers OpieDr Redvers Opie was a British economist. Educated at Durham University, he taught at Oxford University where he eventually became the Bursar of Magdalen College. He later went on to do a PhD at Harvard University, where he became a member of the teaching staff...
- Nicole Oresme
- Robert OwenRobert OwenRobert Owen was a Welsh social reformer and one of the founders of utopian socialism and the cooperative movement.Owen's philosophy was based on three intellectual pillars:...
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- Vilfredo ParetoVilfredo ParetoVilfredo Federico Damaso Pareto , born Wilfried Fritz Pareto, was an Italian engineer, sociologist, economist, political scientist and philosopher. He made several important contributions to economics, particularly in the study of income distribution and in the analysis of individuals' choices....
- Manuel V. PangilinanManuel V. PangilinanManuel V Pangilinan , also known as Manny Pangilinan and MVP, is a Filipino businessman. He is the Chairman of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company, from 1998 up to the present....
- Jacques ParizeauJacques ParizeauJacques Parizeau, is an economist and noted Quebec sovereignist who was the 26th Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from September 26, 1994 to January 29, 1996.-Early life and career:...
- Luigi PasinettiLuigi PasinettiLuigi L. Pasinetti is an Italian economist of the Post-Keynesians school. Pasinetti is considered the heir of the "Cambridge Keynesians" and a student of Piero Sraffa and Richard Kahn. Along with them, as well as Joan Robinson, he was one of the prominent members on the "Cambridge, UK" side of the...
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school. - Prabhat PatnaikPrabhat PatnaikPrabhat Patnaik is an Indian Marxist economist and political commentator, who has achieved international acclaim with his incisive analysis of economics and politics. He was teaching at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning in the School of Social Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University in...
- William PatersonWilliam Paterson (banker)Sir William Paterson was a Scottish trader and banker.- Early life :...
- Edith PenroseEdith PenroseEdith Elura Tilton Penrose was an American-born British economist whose best known work is The Theory of the Growth of the Firm, which describes the ways which firms grow and how fast they do. Writing in The Independent the economist Sir Alec Cairncross, stated that the book brought Dr...
- Mohammad Hashem PesaranMohammad Hashem PesaranProfessor Mohammad Hashem Pesaran is a British-Iranian economist.He received his BSc in Economics at the University of Salford and his PhD in Economics at Cambridge University....
- Emile PereirePéreire brothersThe Péreire brothers were prominent 19th century financiers in Paris, France who were rivals of the Rothschilds. Like the Rothschilds, they were Jews, but unlike them the Péreire brothers were Sephardi Jews of Portuguese origin....
- Carlota PerezCarlota PerezCarlota Perez is a Venezuelan scholar and expert on technology and socio-economic development most famous for her concept of Techno-Economic Paradigm Shifts and her theory of great surges, a further development of the Kondratieff waves.-Career:...
- Torsten PerssonTorsten PerssonTorsten Persson is a Swedish economist and the director of the Institute for International Economic Studies at Stockholm University. He has also taught in England, the United States, and Israel...
- Douglas PetersDouglas PetersDouglas Dennison Peters, PC is a Canadian banker, economist and politician.-Life and career:Peters was born in Brandon, Manitoba, the son of Mary Gladys and Dr. Wilfrid Seymour Peters. In 1954, he married Audrey Catherine Clark...
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- William PhillipsWilliam Phillips (economist)Alban William Housego "A. W." "Bill" Phillips, MBE was an influential New Zealand economist who spent most of his academic career at the London School of Economics . His best-known contribution to economics is the Phillips curve, which he first described in 1958...
- Ernesto PiedrasErnesto PiedrasErnesto Piedras is an economist professor in the ITAM-London School of Economics and General Director of The Competitive Inteligente Unit, S.C. Besides the telecommunications industry, he has occupied several positions in the Public Administration, in the Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público,...
- Arthur Cecil PigouArthur Cecil PigouArthur Cecil Pigou was an English economist. As a teacher and builder of the school of economics at the University of Cambridge he trained and influenced many Cambridge economists who went on to fill chairs of economics around the world...
- Christopher A. PissaridesChristopher A. PissaridesChristopher Antoniou Pissarides F.B.A. is a Cypriot economist. He currently holds the Norman Sosnow Chair in Economics at the London School of Economics. His research interests focus on several topics of macroeconomics, notably labor, economic growth, and economic policy. In 2010, he was awarded...
- PlatoPlatoPlato , was a Classical Greek philosopher, mathematician, student of Socrates, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the...
- Michael PolanyiMichael PolanyiMichael Polanyi, FRS was a Hungarian–British polymath, who made important theoretical contributions to physical chemistry, economics, and the theory of knowledge...
- Robert PollinRobert PollinRobert N. Pollin is an American economist and activist. He is a professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and founding co-director of its Political Economy Research Institute ....
- Jean-Pierre PonssardJean-Pierre PonssardJean-Pierre Ponssard is a French economist, senior research fellow of the CNRS, and professor of economics and research vice president of the economic department of the École Polytechnique....
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- Richard PosnerRichard PosnerRichard Allen Posner is an American jurist, legal theorist, and economist who is currently a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in Chicago and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School...
- Edward C. PrescottEdward C. PrescottEdward Christian Prescott is an American economist. He received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2004, sharing the award with Finn E. Kydland, "for their contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles"...
- Steven Pressman
- Clyde V. Prestowitz Jr.Clyde V. Prestowitz Jr.Clyde Prestowitz, founder and President of the Economic Strategy Institute, served as counselor to the Secretary of Commerce in the Reagan Administration...
- Raúl PrebischRaúl PrebischRaúl Prebisch was an Argentine economist known for his contribution to structuralist economics, in particular the Singer–Prebisch thesis that formed the basis of economic dependency theory. He is sometimes considered to be a neo-Marxist though this label is misleading...
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- John RaeJohn Rae (economist)John Rae , was a Scottish/Canadian economist. His most famous work was the Statement of Some New Principles on the Subject of Political Economy.-Sources:...
- Rogelio Ramirez de la ORogelio Ramírez de la ORogelio Ramírez de la O is an economist based in Mexico City. He is head of Ecanal S.A., a private company which provides macroeconomic analysis and forecasts on Mexico to business, including some of the largest multinational companies with interests in Mexico...
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- Debraj RayDebraj RayDebraj Ray graduated with a BA in Economics from the University of Calcutta in 1977.Ray is presently , and Professor of Economics at New York University. He is Co-Editor of the American Economic Review....
- Daniel RaymondDaniel RaymondDaniel Raymond was the first important political economist to appear in the United States.He authored Thoughts on Political Economy and The Elements of Political Economy .- Economic theory :...
- Ralph RectoRalph RectoRalph Gonzalez Recto is a Filipino politician. Recto served as a member of the House of Representatives representing the 4th District of Batangas from 1992 to 2001. He was then elected to the Senate, serving from 2001 to 2007. In 2007, Recto run for reelection and lost because, as many analysts...
- Ricardo ReisRicardo ReisRicardo A. M. R. Reis is a Portuguese economist. He is currently a professor of economics at Columbia University in New York City. He became a full professor at the age of 29, one of the youngest ever in the history of the University...
- George ReismanGeorge ReismanGeorge Gerald Reisman is Professor Emeritus of Economics at Pepperdine University and author of Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics . He is also the author of an earlier book, The Government Against the Economy , which was praised by F.A...
- David RicardoDavid RicardoDavid Ricardo was an English political economist, often credited with systematising economics, and was one of the most influential of the classical economists, along with Thomas Malthus, Adam Smith, and John Stuart Mill. He was also a member of Parliament, businessman, financier and speculator,...
- Alice RivlinAlice RivlinAlice Mitchell Rivlin is an economist, a former U.S. Cabinet official, and an expert on the budget. She has served as the Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve, the Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, and the first Director of the Congressional Budget Office...
- Paul Craig RobertsPaul Craig RobertsPaul Craig Roberts is an American economist and a columnist for Creators Syndicate. He served as an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan Administration earning fame as a co-founder of Reaganomics. He is a former editor and columnist for the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and...
- Denis Robertson
- Lionel RobbinsLionel RobbinsLionel Charles Robbins, Baron Robbins, FBA was a British economist and head of the economics department at the London School of Economics...
- Abraham RobinsonAbraham RobinsonAbraham Robinson was a mathematician who is most widely known for development of non-standard analysis, a mathematically rigorous system whereby infinitesimal and infinite numbers were incorporated into mathematics....
- Austin RobinsonAustin RobinsonProfessor E. Austin G. Robinson was a University of Cambridge economist. He was a fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge....
- Joan RobinsonJoan RobinsonJoan Violet Robinson FBA was a post-Keynesian economist who was well known for her knowledge of monetary economics and wide-ranging contributions to economic theory...
- Johann Karl RodbertusJohann Karl RodbertusJohann Karl Rodbertus , also known as Karl Rodbertus-Jagetzow, was a German economist and socialist from Greifswald...
- John RoemerJohn RoemerJohn E. Roemer is an American economist and political scientist. He is currently the Elizabeth S. and A. Varick Stout Professor of Political Science and Economics at Yale University. Prior to joining Yale, he was on the economics faculty at the University of California, Davis, and before entering...
- Gérard Roland
- Eric RollEric RollEric Roll, Baron Roll of Ipsden CB KCMG was an academic economist, public servant and banker. He was made a life peer in 1977....
- Christina RomerChristina RomerChristina D. Romer is the Class of 1957 Garff B. Wilson Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley and a former Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers in the Obama administration...
- David RomerDavid RomerDavid Romer is the Herman Royer Professor of Political Economy at the University of California, Berkeley, the author of a standard textbook in graduate macroeconomics as well as many influential economic papers, particularly in the area of New Keynesian economics...
- Paul RomerPaul RomerPaul Michael Romer is an American economist, entrepreneur, and activist. He is currently the Henry Kaufman Visiting Professor at New York University Stern School of Business and will be joining NYU as a full time professor beginning in 2011...
- Raymond de RooverRaymond de RooverRaymond Adrien de Roover , was a noted economic historian of medieval Europe, whose scholarship explained why Scholastic economic thought is best understood as a precursor of, and wholly compatible with, Classical economic thought. In his day, many economists such as R.H. Tawney taught that Karl...
- Harvey S. RosenHarvey S. RosenHarvey S. Rosen is the John L. Weinberg Professor of Economics and Business Policy at Princeton University. His research focuses on public finance. He attended the University of Michigan for his undergraduate studies and Harvard University for graduate studies...
- Henry RosovskyHenry RosovskyHenry Rosovsky is an American economist and university administrator. From 1973 to 1984 and 1990 to 1991, he was the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. At Harvard, where he was a Professor of Economics, he also served as Acting President in 1984 and 1987...
- Sherwin RosenSherwin RosenSherwin Rosen was an American labor economist. He had ties with many American universities and academic institutions including the University of Chicago, the University of Rochester, Stanford University and its Hoover Institution. At the time of his death, Rosen was Edwin A. and Betty L...
- Stephen A. RossStephen Ross (economist)Stephen Alan "Steve" Ross is the inaugural Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is known for initiating several important theories and models in financial economics...
- Walt Whitman RostowWalt Whitman RostowWalt Whitman Rostow was a United States economist and political theorist who served as Special Assistant for National Security Affairs to U.S. President Lyndon B...
- Murray RothbardMurray RothbardMurray Newton Rothbard was an American author and economist of the Austrian School who helped define capitalist libertarianism and popularized a form of free-market anarchism he termed "anarcho-capitalism." Rothbard wrote over twenty books and is considered a centrally important figure in the...
- Alvin E. RothAlvin E. RothAlvin E. "Al" Roth is an American economist currently serving as the George Gund Professor of Economics and Business Administration at Harvard Business School...
- Nouriel RoubiniNouriel RoubiniNouriel Roubini is an American economist. He claims to have predicted both the collapse of the United States housing market and the worldwide recession which started in 2008. He teaches at New York University's Stern School of Business and is the chairman of Roubini Global Economics, an economic...
- Raghuram RajanRaghuram RajanRaghuram Govind Rajan is currently the Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago. He is also an honorary economic adviser to Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh and the current President of the American Finance...
- Ariel RubinsteinAriel RubinsteinAriel Rubinstein is an Israeli economist who works in game theory. He was educated at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1972–1979, in both mathematics and economics...
- Isaak RussmanIsaak RussmanIsaak Borisovich Russman was a Russian mathematician and economist. He studied and worked at Voronezh State University.Isaak Borisovich Russman was born on March 7, 1938 in Voronezh. Although his childhood dream was studying astronomy, in 1955 he entered Voronezh State University where he studied...
- Tadeusz RybczynskiTadeusz RybczynskiTadeusz Rybczynski was a Polish-born English economist who is known for the development of the Rybczynski theorem .He studied at the London School of Economics. Immediately after discovering his famous theorem, he joined Lazard and spent the rest of his career there as an investment...
- Justinian RweyemamuJustinian RweyemamuJustinian F Rweyemamu was Tanzania’s first major Economics scholar. Considered by many as the outstanding representative of the post-independence African scholars, he was also a pan-Africanist, political strategist, and international civil servant....
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- Jeffrey SachsJeffrey SachsJeffrey David Sachs is an American economist and Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University. One of the youngest economics professors in the history of Harvard University, Sachs became known for his role as an adviser to Eastern European and developing country governments in the...
- Diego Abad de SantillánDiego Abad de SantillánDiego Abad de Santillán , born Sinesio Vaudilio García Fernández, was an author, economist and leading figure in the Spanish and Argentine anarchist movements.-Early years:...
- Henri de Saint-SimonClaude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-SimonClaude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, often referred to as Henri de Saint-Simon was a French early socialist theorist whose thought influenced the foundations of various 19th century philosophies; perhaps most notably Marxism, positivism and the discipline of sociology...
- Mohammad Najatuallah SiddiquiMohammad Najatuallah SiddiquiMohammad Nejatullah Siddiqi is an Indian economist and is the winner of the King Faisal International Prize for Islamic Studies,He was born in India in 1931, Educated at Aligarh Muslim University and also at Rampur and Azamgarh....
- Paul SamuelsonPaul SamuelsonPaul Anthony Samuelson was an American economist, and the first American to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. The Swedish Royal Academies stated, when awarding the prize, that he "has done more than any other contemporary economist to raise the level of scientific analysis in...
- Chris William SanchiricoChris William SanchiricoChris William Sanchirico is the Samuel A. Blank Professor of Law, Business and Public Policy at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and the Wharton School. He is a leading expert on tax law and policy.- Biography :...
- José SantanaJosé SantanaJosé Manuel Santana Silvestre, is the Executive Director of the Dominican Republic Presidential Commission of Science and Technology and Research Associate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
- Thomas J. SargentThomas J. SargentThomas John "Tom" Sargent is an American Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences winning economist, specializing in the fields of macroeconomics, monetary economics and time series econometrics...
- Jean-Baptiste SayJean-Baptiste SayJean-Baptiste Say was a French economist and businessman. He had classically liberal views and argued in favor of competition, free trade, and lifting restraints on business...
- Louis SayLouis SayLouis Say was a French economist. Brother of Jean-Baptiste Say, he issued a number of economic pamphlets criticizing the latter's opinions....
- Hjalmar SchachtHjalmar SchachtDr. Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht was a German economist, banker, liberal politician, and co-founder of the German Democratic Party. He served as the Currency Commissioner and President of the Reichsbank under the Weimar Republic...
- Herbert ScarfHerbert ScarfHerbert Eli "Herb" Scarf is an American mathematical economist and Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences...
- Thomas SchellingThomas SchellingThomas Crombie Schelling is an American economist and professor of foreign affairs, national security, nuclear strategy, and arms control at the School of Public Policy at University of Maryland, College Park. He is also co-faculty at the New England Complex Systems Institute...
- Peter SchiffPeter SchiffPeter David Schiff is an American investment broker, author and financial commentator. Schiff is CEO and chief global strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc., a broker-dealer based in Westport, Connecticut and CEO of Euro Pacific Precious Metals, LLC, a gold and silver dealer based in New York...
- Helmut SchmidtHelmut SchmidtHelmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt is a German Social Democratic politician who served as Chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. Prior to becoming chancellor, he had served as Minister of Defence and Minister of Finance. He had also served briefly as Minister of Economics and as acting...
- John Schmitt
- Gustav von SchmollerGustav von SchmollerGustav von Schmoller was the leader of the "younger" German historical school of economics.-Life:Schmoller was born in Heilbronn. His father was a Württemberg civil servant. Young Schmoller studied Staatswissenschaften at the University of Tübingen...
- Theodore SchultzTheodore SchultzTheodore William Schultz was the 1979 winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences....
- Ernst SchumacherE. F. SchumacherErnst Friedrich "Fritz" Schumacher was an internationally influential economic thinker, statistician and economist in Britain, serving as Chief Economic Advisor to the UK National Coal Board for two decades. His ideas became popularized in much of the English-speaking world during the 1970s...
- Joseph SchumpeterJoseph SchumpeterJoseph Alois Schumpeter was an Austrian-Hungarian-American economist and political scientist. He popularized the term "creative destruction" in economics.-Life:...
- Anna SchwartzAnna SchwartzAnna Jacobson Schwartz is an economist at the National Bureau of Economic Research in New York City, and according to Paul Krugman "one of the world's greatest monetary scholars"...
- Edwin Robert Anderson SeligmanEdwin Robert Anderson SeligmanEdwin Robert Anderson Seligman , was an American economist.-Biography:He was born in New York City, a son of Joseph Seligman, a banker. He was educated at Columbia University, where he graduated in 1879...
- Reinhard SeltenReinhard Selten-Life and career:Selten was born in Breslau in Lower Silesia, now in Poland, to a Jewish father, Adolf Selten, and Protestant mother, Käthe Luther. For his work in game theory, Selten won the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences...
- Amartya SenAmartya SenAmartya Sen, CH is an Indian economist who was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to welfare economics and social choice theory, and for his interest in the problems of society's poorest members...
- Nassau William SeniorNassau William SeniorNassau William Senior , English economist, was born at Compton, Berkshire, the eldest son of the Rev. JR Senior, vicar of Durnford, Wiltshire.-Biography:...
- Brad SetserBrad SetserBrad Setser is an American economist and blogger. A former staff economist at the United States Department of the Treasury, he worked at Roubini Global Economics Monitor, along with Nouriel Roubini...
- G. L. S. ShackleG. L. S. ShackleGeorge Lennox Sharman Shackle was an English economist. He made a practical attempt to challenge classical rational choice theory and has been characterised as a "post-Keynesian," though he is influenced as well by Austrian economics; he has been described as drawing "Keynesian conclusions from...
- Anwar ShaikhAnwar Shaikh (economist)Anwar M. Shaikh is an American economist, and currently Professor of Economics at the Graduate Faculty of The New School in New York City. His work in political economy has focused on the economic theory and empirical patterns of developed capitalism. He has written on international trade,...
- Lloyd ShapleyLloyd ShapleyLloyd Stowell Shapley is a distinguished American mathematician and economist. He is a Professor Emeritus at University of California, Los Angeles, affiliated with departments of Mathematics and Economics...
- David ShapiroDavid Shapiro (economist)This page refers to David Shapiro, the economist. For others with this name, please see David Shapiro.David Shapiro is an American economist at the Pennsylvania State University. He joined the Penn State faculty in 1980. He is a leading academic in the field of Economic Demography. In addition to...
- Neil ShephardNeil ShephardNeil Shephard , FBA, is a British economist, currently Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford. He is also a Professorial Fellow of Nuffield College, Oxford and member of the Oxford-Man Institute....
- Robert ShillerRobert ShillerRobert James "Bob" Shiller is an American economist, academic, and best-selling author. He currently serves as the Arthur M. Okun Professor of Economics at Yale University and is a Fellow at the Yale International Center for Finance, Yale School of Management...
- Robert ShimerRobert ShimerRobert Shimer is an American macroeconomist and labor economist who currently holds the Alvin H. Baum Chair in the Economics Department of the University of Chicago. He is an editor of the Journal of Political Economy. His research focuses on the search and matching approach to labor economics...
- Andrei ShleiferAndrei ShleiferAndrei Shleifer is a Russian American economist. From its inauguration in 1992 until it was shut down in 1997, Shleifer served as project director of the Harvard Institute for International Developments Russian aid project...
- Joel SlemrodJoel SlemrodJoel Slemrod is a Professor of Economics at the University of Michigan and the Paul W. McCracken Collegiate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Stephen M. Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.-General:...
- Artyom ShneyerovArtyom ShneyerovArtyom Shneyerov is a microeconomist working at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. He is also an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Industrial Organization. His current research is in the fields of Game theory, Industrial organization and applied Econometrics...
- Martin ShubikMartin ShubikMartin Shubik is an American economist, who is Professor Emeritus of Mathematical Institutional Economics at Yale University. He was educated at the University of Toronto and Princeton University...
- Henry SidgwickHenry SidgwickHenry Sidgwick was an English utilitarian philosopher and economist. He was one of the founders and first president of the Society for Psychical Research, a member of the Metaphysical Society, and promoted the higher education of women...
- Miguel SidrauskiMiguel SidrauskiMiguel Sidrauski was an Argentine economist who made important contributions to the theory of economic growth by developing a dynamic model to describe the effects of money on long-run growth. He also published an article on exchange rate determination...
- Cavaco Silva
- Ota SikOta ŠikOta Šik was a Czech economist and politician. He was the man behind the New Economic Model and was one of the key figures in the Prague Spring.-Early years:...
- Herbert SimonHerbert SimonHerbert Alexander Simon was an American political scientist, economist, sociologist, and psychologist, and professor—most notably at Carnegie Mellon University—whose research ranged across the fields of cognitive psychology, cognitive science, computer science, public administration, economics,...
- Julian Lincoln SimonJulian Lincoln SimonJulian Lincoln Simon was a professor of business administration at the University of Maryland and a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute at the time of his death, after previously serving as a longtime business professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.Simon wrote many books and...
- Hans-Werner SinnHans-Werner SinnHans-Werner Sinn is a German economist and President of the Ifo Institute for Economic Research.- Education and career :...
- Eugen SlutskyEugen SlutskyEvgeny "Eugen" Evgenievich Slutsky was a Russian/Soviet mathematical statistician, economist and political economist.-Slutsky's work in economics:...
- Andrzej Sławiński
- Adam SmithAdam SmithAdam Smith was a Scottish social philosopher and a pioneer of political economy. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations...
- Thomas SmithSmith's BankSmith's Bank in Nottingham was one of the earliest banks established in England and was the first English bank outside London.-Thomas Smith :...
- Vernon L. SmithVernon L. SmithVernon Lomax Smith is professor of economics at Chapman University's Argyros School of Business and Economics and School of Law in Orange, California, a research scholar at George Mason University Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science, and a Fellow of the Mercatus Center, all in Arlington,...
- Manmohan SinghManmohan SinghManmohan Singh is the 13th and current Prime Minister of India. He is the only Prime Minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to return to power after completing a full five-year term. A Sikh, he is the first non-Hindu to occupy the office. Singh is also the 7th Prime Minister belonging to the Indian...
- Robert SolowRobert SolowRobert Merton Solow is an American economist particularly known for his work on the theory of economic growth that culminated in the exogenous growth model named after him...
- Werner SombartWerner SombartWerner Sombart was a German economist and sociologist, the head of the “Youngest Historical School” and one of the leading Continental European social scientists during the first quarter of the 20th century....
- Hugo F. SonnenscheinHugo F. SonnenscheinHugo Freund Sonnenschein is a prominent American economist and educational administrator. Currently the Adam Smith Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago, his specialty is microeconomic theory; with a particular interest in game theory...
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- Benjamin Strong
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- Robert SummersRobert SummersRobert Summers is a U.S. economist and professor emeritus, University of Pennsylvania, where he taught from 1960. A widely cited early work by Summers is on the small-sample statistical properties of alternate regression estimators where analytical measures are unavailable.Summers received his...
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- Yair TaumanYair TaumanYair Tauman is a Leading Professor of Economics at State University of New York, Stony Brook and the Director of the at Stony Brook. He studied in Hebrew University of Jerusalem where he obtained his Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Mathematics, both under the supervision of Robert Aumann, and his B.Sc. in...
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- Lester G. TelserLester G. TelserLester Greenspan Telser is an American economist and Professor Emeritus in Economics at the University of Chicago.He is a graduate of Roosevelt University. He received his Ph.D...
- Richard ThalerRichard ThalerRichard H. Thaler is an American economist and the Ralph and Dorothy Keller Distinguished Service Professor of Behavioral Science and Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business...
- William ThompsonWilliam Thompson (philosopher)William Thompson was an Irish political and philosophical writer and social reformer, developing from utilitarianism into an early critic of capitalist exploitation whose ideas influenced the Cooperative, Trade Union and Chartist movements as well as Karl Marx...
- Lester ThurowLester ThurowLester Carl Thurow is a former dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management and author of books on economic topics. Thurow was born in Livingston, Montana.-Education:...
- Johann Heinrich von ThünenJohann Heinrich von ThünenJohann Heinrich von Thünen was a prominent nineteenth century economist. Von Thünen was a Mecklenburg landowner, who in the first volume of his treatise, The Isolated State , developed the first serious treatment of spatial economics, connecting it with the theory of rent...
- Jan TinbergenJan TinbergenJan Tinbergen , was a Dutch economist. He was awarded the first Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 1969, which he shared with Ragnar Frisch for having developed and applied dynamic models for the analysis of economic processes...
- Jean TiroleJean TiroleJean Marcel Tirole is a French professor of economics. He works on industrial organization, game theory, banking and finance, and economics and psychology. Tirole is director of the Jean-Jacques Laffont Foundation at the Toulouse School of Economics, and scientific director of the Industrial...
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- Richard TolRichard TolRichard S. J. Tol is a Research Professor at the Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin, Ireland, where he works in the research areas of energy economics and environmental economics...
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and econometricsEconometricsEconometrics has been defined as "the application of mathematics and statistical methods to economic data" and described as the branch of economics "that aims to give empirical content to economic relations." More precisely, it is "the quantitative analysis of actual economic phenomena based on...
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See also
- List of Austrian School economists
- List of business theorists
- List of think tanks
- List of Nobel laureates in Economics