List of Jewish economists

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]
• Kenneth Arrow, Nobel Prize (1972)[2]
• Robert Aumann, Nobel Prize (2005)[2]
• Lord Bauer, economist[3]
• 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[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
• 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]
• Henry Hazlitt, half-Jewish Austrian economist
• 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[13]
• Emil Lederer, economist[14]
• Wassily Leontief, Nobel Prize (1973)[2]
• Abba P. Lerner, Russian-born British economist

• Leone Levi, political economist[15]
• Robert Liefmann, economist[16]
• Ephraim Lipson, economic historian[17]
• Adolph Lowe, economist[18]
• Rosa Luxemburg, economist, co-founder of the KPD[19]

M-Z

• Stephen Marglin, American economist
• Harry Markowitz, Nobel Prize (1990)[2]
• Karl Marx, inventor of Marxist economics[20] Kar 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.
• Merton Miller, Nobel Prize (1990)[2]
• Hyman Minsky, economist
• Noreena Hertz,[21] economist and activist
• Ludwig von Mises, Austrian School economist
• Franco Modigliani, Nobel Prize (1985)[2]
• Toby Moskowitz, financial economist[22]
• Alexander Nove, economist[23]
• Arthur Melvin Okun, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers (1968-1969)
• Don Patinkin, Israeli economist
• Sigbert Prais, economist[24]
• Karl Polanyi, Austrian-Hungarian economist and economic historian
• David Ricardo,[25] 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[26]
• Paul Samuelson, Nobel Prize (1970)[2]
• Arthur Seldon,[27] economist
• Herbert A. Simon, Nobel Prize (1978)[2]
• Sir Hans Singer, economist[28]
• Robert Solow, Nobel Prize (1987)[2]
• Gene Sperling, Director of the National Economic Council (2011-2014)
• 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[29]
• Leo Wolman, economist.[30]
• Basil Yamey, economist[31]
• Janet Yellen, economist, Chair of the US Federal Reserve Bank

References

• JYB = Jewish Year Book

Footnotes

1. Encyclopædia Britannica, 2nd ed., art. "Aftalion, Albert"
2. "Virtual Jewish Library, list of Nobel Prizewinners". Jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
3. "Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday". Telegraph. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
4. White, Ben (November 15, 2005). "Bernanke Unwrapped". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
5. "The Libertarian Big Tent by Walter Block and Tennyson McCalla". Lewrockwell.com. December 6, 2006. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
6. "FRB Membership of Board of Governors". federalreserve.gov. October 4, 2010. Archived from the original on February 18, 2012. Retrieved Jul 15, 2011.
7. "University of Sussex: Special Collections – Elton/Ehrenberg Papers: Item details". Sussex.ac.uk. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
8. 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.
9. JINFO. "Jewish Economists". Jinfo.org. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
10. "Making Sense of Jewish Stereotypes". Fff.org. Archived from the original on March 10, 2007. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
11. Paul Krugman (2003-10-28). "A Willful Ignorance". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-04-17. Sure enough, I was accused in various places not just of 'tolerance for anti-Semitism' (yes, I'm Jewish) [...]
12. Hayek's Challenge: An Intellectual Biography of F. A. Hayek – Pg 145
13. The New Standard Jewish Encyclopedia, ed. Geoffrey Wigoder, 5th ed 1977, pp. 1182–3
14. JInfo list of economists accessed 17 May 2007
15. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Levi, Leone" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 511.
16. "Living — International Office". Io.uni-freiburg.de. Archived from the original on November 28, 2010. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
17. Encyclopaedia Judaica, art. "Historians"
18. "Adolph Lowe Papers". Library.albany.edu. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
19. "Glossary of People: L". Marxists.org. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
20. Encyclopaedia Judaica, art. "Marx, Karl"
21. "Jewish Arts Festival 2003". 2003-04-25. Archived from the original on 2003-04-25. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
22. Moskowitz, Tobias J.; Wertheim, L. Jon (2011). Scorecasting: The Hidden Influences Behind How Sports Are Played and Games Are Won. Crown Archetype.
23. JYB 1990 p202
24. JYB 2005 p215
25. "David Ricardo". Cepa.newschool.edu. Archived from the original on March 15, 2007. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
26. Archived February 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
27. Alfred Sherman (October 13, 2005). "Obituary: Arthur Seldon | Business | The Guardian". London: Politics.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
28. The Economist, March 11th 2006 p95: "born a Jew"
29. JYB 1975 p214
30. "Dr. Leo Woman, Economist, Dies." New York Times. October 3, 1961.
31. JYB 2005 p215, 315

See also

• Lists of Jews
• List of Jewish American economists