List of Jewish economists

List of Jewish economists is a list that includes economists who are or were verifiably Jewish or of Jewish descent.

A-G

• Albert Aftalion, Bulgarian-born French economist ^[1]
• George Akerlof, Nobel prize (2001) ^[2]
• Kenneth Arrow, Nobel prize (1972) ^[2]
• Robert Aumann, Nobel prize (2005) ^[2]
• Lord Bauer, economist ^[3]
• Gary Becker, Nobel prize (1992) ^[2]
• Ben Bernanke, economist and former Chairman of the Federal Reserve ^[4]
• Walter Block, Harold E. Wirth Endowed Chair in Economics at Loyola University in New Orleans ^[5]
• Arthur Burns, economist and former Chairman of the Federal Reserve ^[6]
• Otto Eckstein, a key developer of the idea of core inflation.
• Richard Ehrenberg, economist ^[7]
• Martin Feldstein, Harvard Professor; Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors in the Reagan Administration
• Robert Fogel, Nobel prize (1993) ^[2]
• Milton Friedman, Nobel prize (1976) ^[2]
• Barry Goldwater, half-Jewish American economist
• Charles Goodhart,^[8] Bank of England economist
• Alan Greenspan, economist and former Chairman of the Federal Reserve ^[9]

H-L

• John Harsanyi, Nobel prize (1994) ^[2]
• Arnold Heertje, Dutch economist* Leonid Hurwicz, Nobel prize (2007) ^[2]
• Rudolf Hilferding, Austrian-German marxist economist
• Richard Kahn, Baron Kahn, economist: multiplier
• Daniel Kahneman, Nobel prize (2002) ^[2]
• Leonid Kantorovich, Nobel prize (1975) ^[2]
• Henry Hazlitt, half-Jewish Austrian economist ^{[Citation needed]}
• Israel Kirzner,^[10] economist (UK-born)
• Lawrence Klein, Nobel prize (1980) ^[2]
• János Kornai, economist ^[9]
• Paul Krugman, Nobel prize (2008)^[11]
• Simon Kuznets, Nobel prize (1971) ^[2]
• Vladimir Kvint, economist and strategist ^[9]
• Ludwig Lachmann, economist^[12]
• Harold Laski, economist (The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia, ed Geoffrey Wigoder, 5th ed 1977, pp. 1182–3)
• Emil Lederer, economist ^[13]
• Wassily Leontief, Nobel prize (1973) ^[2]
• Abba P. Lerner, Russian-born British economist
• Leone Levi, political economist ^[14]
• Robert Liefmann, economist^[15]
• Ephraim Lipson, economic historian ^[16]
• Adolph Lowe, economist^[17]
• Rosa Luxemburg, economist, co-founder of the KPD^[18]

M-Z

• Stephen Marglin, American economist
• Harry Markowitz, Nobel prize (1990) ^[2]
• Karl Marx, inventor of Marxist economics ^[19]
• Merton Miller, Nobel prize (1990) ^[2]
• Hyman Minsky economist
• Noreena Hertz,^[20] economist & activist
• Ludwig von Mises, Austrian School economist
• Franco Modigliani, Nobel prize (1985) ^[2]
• Toby Moskowitz, financial economist ^[21]
• Alexander Nove, economist (JYB 1990 p202)
• Arthur Melvin Okun, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (1968-1969)
• Sigbert Prais, economist (JYB 2005 p215)
• Karl Polanyi, Austrian-Hungarian economist and economic historian
• David Ricardo,^[22] economist (converted to Quakerism)
• Alvin E. Roth, Nobel prize (2012)
• Murray Rothbard, Austrian School economist, writer, libertarian, and father of anarcho-capitalism.
• Nouriel Roubini, Iranian-American macroeconomist ^[23]
• Paul Samuelson, Nobel prize (1970) ^[2]
• Arthur Seldon,^[24] economist
• Herbert A. Simon, Nobel prize (1978) ^[2]
• Sir Hans Singer, economist ^[25]
• Robert Solow, Nobel prize (1987) ^[2]
• Gene Sperling
• Piero Sraffa,^[9] economist
• Herbert Stein, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (1971-1974)
• Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel prize (2001) ^[2]
• Lawrence Summers, economist, Treasury Secretary, and Harvard President
• Jacob Viner, Canadian economist (JYB 1975 p214)
• Basil Yamey, economist (JYB 2005 p215,315)
• Janet Yellen, economist, Chair of the US Federal Reserve Bank

References

• JYB = Jewish Year Book

Footnotes

See also

• Lists of Jews
• List of Jewish American economists