List of Jewish American economists

This is a list of famous Jewish American economists. For other famous Jewish Americans, see List of Jewish Americans. For other economists, see List of Jewish economists.

• George Akerlof, Nobel Prize (2001)
• Kenneth Arrow, Nobel Prize (1972)
• Robert Aumann, Nobel Prize (2005)
• Yoram Barzel
• Gary Becker, Nobel Prize (1992)^[1]
• Ben Bernanke, former Chair of the US Federal Reserve Bank
• Walter Block, Harold E. Wirth Endowed Chair in Economics at Loyola University in New Orleans ^[2]
• Arthur F. Burns
• Peter Diamond, Nobel Prize (2010)
• Barry Eichengreen, professor at University of California, Berkeley
• Martin Feldstein, Harvard Professor; Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors in the Reagan Administration
• Robert Fogel, Nobel Prize (1993)
• David D. Friedman, son of Milton Friedman
• Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize (1976)
• Alan Greenspan, former Chair of the US Federal Reserve Bank
• John Harsanyi, Nobel Prize (1994)
• Leonid Hurwicz, Nobel Prize (2007)
• Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize (2002)
• Israel Meir Kirzner
• Lawrence Klein^[3]
• Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize (2008)
• Simon Kuznets, Nobel Prize (1971)
• Emil Lederer, economist^[4]
• Wassily Leontief, Nobel Prize (1973)
• Harry Markowitz, Nobel Prize (1990)
• Eric Maskin, Nobel Prize (2007)
• Merton Miller, Nobel Prize (1990)
• Hyman Minsky
• Franco Modigliani, Nobel Prize (1985)
• Toby Moskowitz, financial economist^[5]
• Roger Myerson, Nobel Prize (2007)
• Alvin E. Roth, Nobel Prize (2012)
• Russ Roberts, host of EconTalk
• Murray Rothbard, wtiter, Austrian School economist, anarcho-capitalist, libertarian writer
• Nouriel Roubini, Iranian-American macroeconomist ^[6]
• Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University
• Paul Samuelson, Nobel Prize (1970)
• Myron Scholes, Nobel Prize (1997)^[7]
• Henry Schultz
• Anna Schwartz
• Herbert A. Simon, Nobel Prize (1978)
• Robert Solow, Nobel Prize (1987)
• Herbert Stein
• Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize (2001)
• Janet Yellin, current Chair of the US Federal Reserve Bank

References

1. https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/becker.html
2. http://archive.lewrockwell.com/block/block67.html
3. https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/LawrenceKlein.html
4. JInfo list of economists accessed May 17, 2007
5. Moskowitz, Tobias J.; Wertheim, L. Jon (2011). Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won. Crown Archetype.
6. http://www.janera.com/janera_words.php?id=44
7. https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/scholes.html

External links

• Jewish winners of the Nobel Prize are listed in the Jewish Virtual Library
• Jinfo