William Nordhaus
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William D. Nordhaus (born May 31, 1941 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is the Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University.
Nordhaus received his B.A. from Yale in 1963, and his Ph.D. from MIT in 1967. He has been a member of the faculty at Yale since 1967, and has also served as its Provost from 1986-88 and its Vice President for Finance and Administration from 1992-93.
Among myriad honors, he is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and has been on the Brookings Panel on Economic Activity since 1972. Along with Charles L. Schultze and Lyle Gramley, from 1977-79, Nordhaus was a member of the Council of Economic Advisers during the Carter administration.
Nordhaus is the author of many books. He is the co-author of the textbook Economics, the original editions of which was written by Nobel Laureate Paul Samuelson. The book is currently in its 18th edition, and has been translated into at least 17 other languages. He has also written several books on global warming and climate change, one of his primary areas of research, including Managing the Global Commons: The Economics of Climate Change and Warming the World: Economic Models of Global Warming (with Joseph Boyer).
Nordhaus lives in New Haven, Connecticut, with his wife Barbara.
