List of Jewish economists explained

This list of Jewish economists 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]
• Joshua Angrist, Nobel Prize (2021)^[3]
• Kenneth Arrow, Nobel Prize (1972)^[2]
• Robert Aumann, Nobel Prize (2005)^[2]
• Lord Bauer, economist^[4]
• Gary Becker, Nobel Prize (1992)^[2]
• Yoram Ben-Porat (died 1992), Israeli economist and president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Ben Bernanke, economist and former Chairman of the Federal Reserve^[5]
• Jared Bernstein^[6]
• Mario Blejer, Argentine economist and former President of the Central Bank of Argentina in 2002.
• Walter Block, Harold E. Wirth Endowed Chair in Economics at Loyola University in New Orleans^[7]
• Arthur Burns, economist and former Chairman of the Federal Reserve^[8]
• Otto Eckstein, a key developer of the idea of core inflation
• Richard Ehrenberg, economist^[9]
• 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,^[10] Bank of England economist
• Alan Greenspan, economist and former Chairman of the Federal Reserve^[11]

H–L

• John Harsanyi, Nobel Prize (1994)^[2]
• Henry Hazlitt, half-Jewish Austrian economist *Arnold Heertje, Dutch
• Rudolf Hilferding, Austrian-German marxist economist
• Leonid Hurwicz, Nobel Prize (2007)^[2]
• Richard Kahn, Baron Kahn, economist: multiplier
• Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize (2002)^[2]
• Leonid Kantorovich, Nobel Prize (1975)^[2]
• Israel Kirzner,^[12] economist (UK-born)
• Lawrence Klein, Nobel Prize (1980)^[2]
• János Kornai, Hungarian^[11]
• Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize (2008)^[13]
• Simon Kuznets, Nobel Prize (1971)^[2]
• Vladimir Kvint, economist and strategist^[11]
• Ludwig Lachmann, economist^[14]
• Harold Laski, economist^[15]
• Emil Lederer, economist^[16]
• Wassily Leontief, Nobel Prize (1973)^[2]
• Abba P. Lerner, Russian-born British economist
• Leone Levi, political economist^[17]
• Robert Liefmann, economist^[18]
• Ephraim Lipson, economic historian^[19]
• Adolph Lowe, German^[20]
• Rosa Luxemburg, economist, co-founder of the KPD^[21]

M–Z

• Stephen Marglin, American
• Harry Markowitz, Nobel Prize (1990), John von Neumann Theory Prize (1989)^[2]
• Karl Marx, inventor of Marxist economics^[22] Karl Marx was ethnically Jewish. His maternal grandfather was a Dutch rabbi, while his paternal line had supplied Trier's rabbis since 1723, a role taken by his grandfather Meier Halevi Marx.
• Eric Maskin, Nobel Prize (2007)^[23]
• Robert C. Merton, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1997)
• Paul Milgrom, Nobel Prize (2020)^[2]
• Merton Miller, Nobel Prize (1990)^[2]
• Hyman Minsky, American
• Frederic Mishkin, American
• Noreena Hertz,^[24] economist and activist
• Ludwig von Mises, Austrian School
• Franco Modigliani, Nobel Prize (1985)^[2]
• Toby Moskowitz, financial economist, Fischer Black Prize (2007)^[25]
• Roger Myerson, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2007)
• William Nordhaus, BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2017), Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2018)
• Alexander Nove^[26]
• Arthur Melvin Okun, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (1968-1969)
• Don Patinkin, Israeli
• Sigbert Prais, economist^[27]
• Karl Polanyi, Austrian-Hungarian economist and economic historian
• Roy Radner, American who developed the Radner equilibrium concept
• David Ricardo,^[28] economist (converted to Quakerism)
• Alvin E. Roth, Nobel prize (2012)^[29]
• Murray Rothbard, Austrian School economist, writer, libertarian, and father of anarcho-capitalism
• Nouriel Roubini, Iranian-American^[30]
• Paul Samuelson, Nobel Prize (1970)^[2]
• Myron Scholes, Nobel Prize (1997)^[31]
• Anna Schwartz, economist who published A Monetary History of the United States, 1867–1960 (1963), which laid a large portion of the blame for the Great Depression at the door of the Federal Reserve System.^[32] President of the Western Economic Association International (1988)^[33]
• Arthur Seldon,^[34] economist
• Herbert A. Simon, Nobel Prize (1978)^[2]
• Sir Hans Singer, known for the Prebisch–Singer thesis^[35]
• Robert Solow, Nobel Prize (1987)^[2]
• Gene Sperling, Director of the National Economic Council (2011-2014)
• Piero Sraffa, Italian economist
• Herbert Stein, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (1971-1974)
• Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize (2001)^[2]
• Lawrence Summers, economist, Treasury Secretary, Harvard President, former Chief Economist at the World Bank, John Bates Clark Medal (1993)
• Richard Thaler, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2017)
• Jacob Viner, Canadian economist^[36]
• Leo Wolman, American economist.^[37]
• Basil Yamey, South African economist^[38]
• Janet Yellen, economist, former chair of the US Federal Reserve Bank

See also

• List of Jewish American economists

References

• JYB = Jewish Year Book

Footnotes

Notes and References

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3. Web site: The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2021 . 2022-09-09.
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5. News: Bernanke Unwrapped . washingtonpost.com . November 15, 2005. May 12, 2010 . Ben . White.
6. News: Gabe. Friedman . Jared Bernstein is ‘verklempt’ to join Biden’s council of economic advisers . Jewish Telegraph Agency. November 30, 2020.
7. Web site: The Libertarian Big Tent by Walter Block and Tennyson McCalla . Lewrockwell.com . December 6, 2006 . May 12, 2010.
8. News: FRB Membership of Board of Governors . federalreserve.gov . October 4, 2010 . Jul 15, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120218113200/http://www.federalreserve.gov/bios/boardmembership.htm . February 18, 2012 .
9. Web site: University of Sussex: Special Collections – Elton/Ehrenberg Papers: Item details . Sussex.ac.uk . May 12, 2010.
10. Flade, Roland. The Lehmans: From Rimpar to the New World: A Family History, 2nd Enlarged Ed., 1999; reviewed by the American Jewish Historical Society. Accessed 14 Nov 2006.
11. Web site: JINFO . Jewish Economists . Jinfo.org . May 12, 2010.
12. Web site: Making Sense of Jewish Stereotypes . Fff.org . May 12, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070310070921/http://www.fff.org/freedom/0400f.asp . March 10, 2007 .
13. News: Paul Krugman . A Willful Ignorance . 2003-10-28 . 2010-04-17 . New York Times . Sure enough, I was accused in various places not just of 'tolerance for anti-Semitism' (yes, I'm Jewish) [...].
14. Hayek's Challenge: An Intellectual Biography of F. A. Hayek – Pg 145
15. The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia, ed. Geoffrey Wigoder, 5th ed 1977, pp. 1182–3
16. http://www.jinfo.org/Economists.html JInfo list of economists
17. Levi, Leone . 16 . 511.
18. Web site: Living — International Office . Io.uni-freiburg.de . May 12, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101128034427/http://www.io.uni-freiburg.de/visiting-scholars/living.html?set_language=en . November 28, 2010 .
19. [Encyclopaedia Judaica]
20. Web site: Adolph Lowe Papers . Library.albany.edu . May 12, 2010.
21. Web site: Glossary of People: L . Marxists.org . May 12, 2010.
22. [Encyclopaedia Judaica]
23. Web site: Eric S. Maskin - Facts. Nobel Prize.
24. Web site: Jewish Arts Festival 2003. https://web.archive.org/web/20030425151954/http://www.jewishartsfest.org/index.cfm?page=single.cfm&sectionid=226. dead. 2003-04-25. 2003-04-25. 2018-11-30.
25. Book: Moskowitz . Tobias J. . Wertheim . L. Jon . Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won . Crown Archetype . 2011.
26. JYB 1990 p202
27. JYB 2005 p215
28. Web site: David Ricardo . Cepa.newschool.edu . May 12, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070315092648/http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/profiles/ricardo.htm . March 15, 2007 .
29. https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/2012/ The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2012
30. http://www.janera.com/janera_words.php?id=44
31. Web site: Myron Scholes (1941 -). Jewish Virtual Library.
32. Web site: Milton Friedman . Policonomics . 2012.
33. Web site: Past Presidents . Western Economic Association International . June 21, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130524145139/http://www.weai.org/Content/Files/Past_WEAI_Presidents.pdf . May 24, 2013 . dead .
34. News: Alfred Sherman . Obituary: Arthur Seldon | Business | The Guardian . Politics.guardian.co.uk . October 13, 2005. May 12, 2010 . London.
35. The Economist, March 11th 2006 p95: "born a Jew"
36. JYB 1975 p214
37. "Dr. Leo Woman, Economist, Dies." New York Times. October 3, 1961.
38. JYB 2005 p215, 315