Paul McCracken (economist)

Paul McCracken
Chairperson of the Council of Economic Advisers
In office
February 4, 1969  December 31, 1971
President Richard Nixon
Preceded by Art Okun
Succeeded by Herbert Stein
Personal details
Born Paul Winston McCracken
(1915-12-29)December 29, 1915
Richland, Iowa, U.S.
Died August 3, 2012(2012-08-03) (aged 96)
Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Emily Ruth Siler (1942–2005)
Alma mater William Penn University
Harvard University

Paul Winston McCracken (December 29, 1915 – August 3, 2012) was an American economist born in Richland, Iowa. He held a M.A. from Harvard University in Economics and a B.A. from William Penn University.[1] He was the Edmund Ezra Day Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Business Administration, Economics, and Public Policy at the University of Michigan.[1] McCracken was chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisors from 1969 to 1971 under President Richard Nixon.[1] He was head of a committee that worked to a OECD's report commissioned by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in late 1974 with title Towards full employment and price stability.[2] His report is retrosectively considered as a neoliberal or monetarist turning point. He chaired the American Enterprise Institute's Council of Academic Advisors and served as interim president of the institute in 1986.[1] He died on August 3, 2012 at age 96.[3]

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Political offices
Preceded by
Art Okun
Chairperson of the Council of Economic Advisers
1969–1971
Succeeded by
Herbert Stein
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by
William Baroody
President of the American Enterprise Institute
Acting

1986
Succeeded by
Christopher DeMuth
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