List of economists

This is an incomplete alphabetical list by surname of notable economists, experts in the social science of economics, past and present. For a history of economics, see the article History of economic thought. Only economists with biographical articles in Wikipedia are listed here.

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• Edith Abbott (1876–1957), American economist and social worker

• Daron Acemoglu (born 1967), Turkish/American economist

• Nicola Acocella (born 1939), Italian economist

• Zoltan Acs (born 1947), American economics professor

• Henry Carter Adams (1851–1921), American economist

• Walter Adams (1922–1998), American economist and congressional expert

• Philippe Aghion (born 1956), French economist

• Montek Singh Ahluwalia (born 1943), Indian economist

• Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad (born 1943), Bangladeshi economist and environmentalist

• George Akerlof (born 1940), American economist and shared winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics

• Armen Alchian (1914–2013), American economist

• Alberto Alesina (1957–2020), Italian political economist

• Sadie Alexander (1898–1989), American lawyer and first African American to receive a PhD in economics

• Sidney S. Alexander (1916–2005), American economist

• Maurice Allais (1911–2010), French economist and 1988 winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

• Franklin Allen (born 1956), American economist

• R. G. D. Allen (1906–1983), English economist and statistician

• Gar Alperovitz (born 1936), American political economist and historian

• Lee J. Alston (born 1951), American economist

• Elisabeth Altmann-Gottheiner (1874–1930), German economist, first woman university lecturer in Germany

• Fernando Alvarez, Argentine economist

• B. R. Ambedkar (1891–1956), Indian economist and jurist

• Takeshi Amemiya (born 1935), Japanese economist specializing in econometrics and the economy of ancient Greece

• Georges Anderla (1921–2005), Czechoslovak-born French economist

• Donald Andrews (born 1955), Canadian economist

• George-Marios Angeletos (born 1975), Greek/American economist

• Norman Angell (1872–1967), English economist and politician

• Joshua Angrist (born 1960), Israeli/American economist

• Kofi Annan (1938–2018), Ghanaian economist and Secretary-General of the United Nations

• Masahiko Aoki (青木昌彦, 1938–2015), Japanese economist

• Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274), Italian priest and writer on economics

• Luis Arce (born 1963), Bolivian economist and president

• Pérsio Arida (born 1952), Brazilian economist

• Dan Ariely (born 1967), Israeli/American behavioral economist

• Heinz Arndt (1915–2002), German-born Australian economist

• Kenneth Arrow (1921–2017), American economist, joint 1972 winner of Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics

• Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (born 1947), Philippine academic and politician

• Enrique R. Arzac (born 1943), Argentine/American economist

• Orley Ashenfelter (born 1942), American economist

• William Ashley (1860–1927), English economic historian

• Cliff Asness (born 1966), American economist and hedge-fund manager

• Jeremy Atack (born 1949), Anglo-American economic historian

• Susan Athey (born 1970), American economist

• Anthony Barnes Atkinson (1944–2017), Welsh/English economist

• Orazio Attanasio (born 1959), Italian economist

• Thomas Attwood (1783–1856), English economist

• David B. Audretsch (born 1954), American economist

• Leonardo Auernheimer (1936–2010), Argentine economist and international monetary consultant

• Robert Aumann (born 1930), Israeli/American mathematician and 2005 winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics

• David Autor (born 1967), American economist, known for work on labor economics

• George Ayittey (1945–2022), Ghanaian economist

• Clarence Ayres (1891–1972), American economist

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• Ali Babacan (born 1967), Turkish economic minister

• Roger Babson (1875–1967), American business theorist

• Lawrence Bacow (born 1951), American economist and university administrator

• Louis Bachelier (1870–1946), French mathematician

• Roger Backhouse (born 1951), English economist

• Walter Bagehot (1826–1877), English journalist, businessman, and essayist; wrote extensively on government, economics and literature

• Nikolai Baibakov (1911–2008), Soviet statesman, economist and Hero of Socialist Labor

• Joe S. Bain (1912–1991), American economist, founder of Industrial organization economics

• Dean Baker (born 1958), American macroeconomist and co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research

• E. Wight Bakke (1903–1971), American industrial relations specialist and professor at Yale University

• Mikhail Bakunin (1814–1876), Russian revolutionary anarchist, socialist, and founder of collectivist anarchism

• Leszek Balcerowicz (born 1947), Polish economist, the former chairman of the National Bank of Poland

• Emily Greene Balch (1867–1961), American economist and peace activist (1946 Nobel Peace Prize)

• Richard Baldwin (living), American economist

• Sir James Ball (1933–2018), English econometrician, Emeritus Professor of Economics at the London Business School and a leading figure in econometric modeling

• Ludwig Bamberger (1823–1899), German economist, politician and writer

• Abhijit Banerjee (born 1961), Indian economist, Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Pratima Bansal (living), Canadian economist

• Paul A. Baran (1909–1964), Russian/American, the only tenured Marxist economist in the United States until his death in 1964

• Pranab Bardhan (born 1939), Indian economist, Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley

• William A. Barnett (born 1941), American economist, works in chaos, bifurcation, and nonlinearity

• Enrico Barone (1859–1924), Italian soldier, military historian, and economist

• Nicholas Barr (living), English/American economist, professor of public economics at the London School of Economics

• Raymond Barre (1924–2007), French economist and politician

• Robert Barro (born 1944), American macroeconomist, presently the Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics at Harvard University

• Yoram Barzel (1931–2022), Israeli economist, works in property rights, applied price theory, and political economy

• Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850), French classical liberal theorist, political economist

• Kaushik Basu (born 1952), Indian economist and academic, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank

• Ratan Lal Basu (born 1948), Indian economist

• Ravi Batra (born 1943), American economist, author and professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas

• Peter Thomas Bauer (1915–2002), Hungarian developmental economist

• William Baumol (1922–2017), American, New York University economics professor

• Mahamudu Bawumia (born 1963), Ghanaian economist; worked at the Research Department of International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C., United States

• Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk (1851–1914), Austrian, founder of the Austrian School of economics

• Robert Dudley Baxter (1827–1875), English economist and statistician

• Michael Baye (born 1958), American business economist

• Charlie Bean (born 1953), English economist and professor at London School of Economics

• Gary Becker (1930–2014), American economist and winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

• Yoram Ben-Porat (died 1992), Israeli economist and president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

• Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832), English jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer

• Dwayne Benjamin (born 1961), Canadian economist, managing editor of the Canadian Journal of Economics

• Barbara Bergmann (1927–2015), American, forerunner in feminist economics with a passion for social policy and equality

• C. Fred Bergsten (born 1941), American founder of the Peterson Institute for International Economics

• Rex Bergstrom (1925–2005), New Zealand econometrician recognized for his work in continuous time econometrics

• Adolf Berle (1895–1971), American lawyer, educator, author, and US diplomat

• Ben Bernanke (born 1953), American economist, former Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve and winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

• Jared Bernstein (1925–2005), American economist

• Marianne Bertrand (b. c. 1970), Belgian economist

• Tim Besley (born 1960), English academic economist

• William Beveridge (1879–1963), English economist and politician

• Truman Bewley (born 1941), American mathematician and economist

• Jagdish Bhagwati (born 1934), Indian economist and professor of economics and law at Columbia University

• Debapriya Bhattacharya (living), Bangladeshi economist and policy analyst

• Mark Bils (born 1958), macroeconomist at the University of Rochester

• Nancy Birdsall (born 1946), American founding president of the Center for Global Development

• Kenneth Binmore (born 1940), English economist and game theorist, professor emeritus of economics at University College, London

• Mette Koefoed Bjørnsen (1920–2008), Danish economist at the Niels Brock Copenhagen Business College

• William K. Black (born 1951), American professor of economics at UMKC

• Fischer Black (1938–1995), American economist, best known as one author of the famous Black–Scholes equation

• William Blake (1774–1852), English classical economist

• Olivier Blanchard (born 1948), French, chief economist at the International Monetary Fund

• Rebecca Blank (born 1955), American economist and politician

• Francine D. Blau (born 1946), American economist and academic

• Knut Blind (born 1965), German innovation economist

• Alan Blinder (born 1945), American economist, serves at Princeton University

• Walter Block (born 1941), American free market economist and anarcho-capitalist

• Barry Bluestone (born 1944), American economist and academic

• John Blundell (1952–2014), English economist

• Richard Blundell (born 1952), English economist and econometrician

• Jean Bodin (1530–1596), French, early proponent of the Quantity Theory of Money

• Tito Boeri (born 1958), Italian economist, professor of economics at Bocconi University, Milan

• Peter J. Boettke (born 1960), American economist of the Austrian School

• Michele Boldrin (born 1956), Italian-American economist, expert in economic growth

• Tim Bollerslev (born 1958), Danish economist

• Matilde Bombardini (living), Italian Canadian economist in Vancouver

• Murray Bookchin (1921–2006), American political philosopher

• Korkut Boratav (born 1935), Turkish, marxist economist

• George Borjas (born 1950), American, Harvard Kennedy School

• Michael Boskin (born 1945), American, T. M. Friedman Professor of Economics and senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution

• Giovanni Botero (c. 1544–1617), Italian thinker, priest, poet, and diplomat

• O. Fred Boucke (1881–1935), American economist

• Kenneth E. Boulding (1910–1993), American economist, educator, peace activist, poet, religious mystic, devoted Quaker

• Heather Boushey (born 1970), senior economist with the Center for US Progress

• Samuel Bowles (born 1939), American Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

• David Boyle (born 1958), English historian and economist

• William Brainard (b. c. 1935), American economist

• James Brander (born 1953), Canadian economist

• Avishay Braverman (born 1948), Israeli president of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

• Harry Braverman (1920–1976), American socialist, economist and political writer

• John Francis Bray (1809–1897), American radical, Chartist, writer on socialist economics

• Richard A. Brealey (living), English economist and corporate finance expert

• William Breit (1933–2011), American professor of economics at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas

• George Ignatius Brizan (1942–2012), economics lecturer and later Prime Minister of Grenada

• Martin Browning (born 1946), English economist, professor of economics at the University of Oxford

• Sylvie Brunel (born 1960), French economist

• Markus Brunnermeier (born 1969), German/American economist

• Michael Bruno (1932–1996), Israeli economist, governor of the Bank of Israel, World Bank Chief Economist

• Erik Brynjolfsson (born 1962), American economist known for work on productivity and the economics of AI

• James M. Buchanan (1919–2013), American economist known for work on public choice theory, received the Swedish central bankers' "Nobel" prize in 1986

• Alan Budd (born 1937), English economist and central banker

• Willem Buiter (born 1949), Dutch economist

• Sergei Bulgakov (1871–1944), Russian Orthodox theologian, philosopher and economist

• Edmund Burke (1729–1797), Irish statesman, economist, and philosopher, known for writing A Vindication of Natural Society

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• Ricardo J. Caballero (born 1959), Chilean macroeconomist, holds the Ford International chair of economics at MIT

• Vince Cable (born 1943), English economist

• Federico Caffè (1914–1987), Italian, economist and Professor of Economic and Financial Policy at "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome

• Phillip D. Cagan (1927–2012), American scholar and author, Professor of Economics Emeritus at Columbia University

• John Elliot Cairnes (1823–1875), Ireland, "last of the classical economists"

• Guillermo Calvo (born 1941), Argentine economist

• John Y. Campbell (born 1958), British/American economist, chairman of the Harvard economics department

• Colin Camerer (born 1959), American economist

• Lisa Cameron (born 1967), Australian, Professional Research Fellow at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research

• Stephen Cameron (b. c. 1960), American financial analyst, economist and Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University

• Richard Cantillon (c. 1680–1734), Irish-French, economist and author of Essay on the Nature of Trade in General

• Edwin Cannan (1861–1935), English economist and historian of economic thought

• Bryan Caplan (born 1971), American professor of economics at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia

• David Card (born 1956), Canadian labor economist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley

• Matias D. Cattaneo (born 1978), Argentine economist and professor at Princeton University

• Henry Charles Carey (1793–1879), American economist of the American School of Capitalism

• Mark Carney (born 1965), Canadian economist, governor of the Bank of England

• Kevin Carson (born 1963), American social and political theorist and scholar of political economy writing in the mutualist and individualist anarchist traditions

• Richard Carson (born 1955), American environmental economist

• Agustín Carstens (born 1958), Mexican economist, governor of the Bank of Mexico

• Anne P. Carter (born 1925), American economist, professor at Brandeis University

• David Cass (1937–2008), American professor of economics at the University of Pennsylvania

• Gustav Cassel (1866–1945), Swedish economist and professor of economics at Stockholm University

• Attilio Celant (born 1942), Italian economist, Dean of the Faculty of Economics (2002–2011) and Professor of Economic Geography at "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome

• Seweryn Chajtman (1919–2012), Polish scientist, engineer, teacher of the Industrial Management, creator of the Alternative Theory of Organization and Management

• Thomas Chalmers (1780–1847), Scottish mathematician, political economist and a leader of the Free Church of Scotland

• Frank J. Chaloupka (b. c. 1962), American professor of economics at the University of Illinois at Chicago and affiliate of the National Bureau of Economic Research

• Edward Hastings Chamberlin (1899–1967), American economist

• Neil W. Chamberlain (1915–2006), American economist at Yale University and Columbia University most known for work in industrial relations

• Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. (1918–2007), American professor of business history at Harvard Business School and Johns Hopkins University

• Ha-Joon Chang (born 1963), Korean, one of the leading heterodox economists and institutional economists specialising in development economics

• V. V. Chari (born 1952), Indian/American economist

• Raj Chetty (born 1979), Indian/American economist

• Steven N. S. Cheung (born 1935), Chinese economist specializing in transaction costs and property rights

• Ajay Chhibber (living), Indian economist and politician

• Graciela Chichilnisky (born 1946), Argentine/American mathematical economist

• Victoria Chick (born 1936)

• Josiah Child (1630–1699), English mercantilist, politician and governor of the East India Company

• Menzie Chinn (born 1961)

• Lawrence J. Christiano (born 1952), American economist

• Richard Clarida (born 1957)

• Colin Clark (1905–1989), British/Australian economist, pioneered the use of the gross national product (GNP)

• Gregory Clark (born 1957), American economic historian at the University of California, Davis

• John Bates Clark (1847–1938), American neoclassical marginalist

• John Maurice Clark (1884–1963), American marginalist

• William D. Clark (1916–1985), English economist and public servant

• Michael Clemens (born 1972), American economist

• Ronald Coase (1910–2013), winner of the Swedish central bankers' "Nobel" prize in 1991, for contributions including transaction costs and Coase theorem

• Warren Coats (born 1942), American economist specializing in monetary policy

• John H. Cochrane (born 1957), American financial economist and macroeconomist

• Paul Cockshott (born 1952), Scottish economist and computer scientist

• Luc Coene (1947–2017), Belgian economist, governor of the National Bank of Belgium

• Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619–1683), French King Louis XIV's Minister of Finances, known for protectionism and dirigisme

• Paul Collier

• John R. Commons (1862–1945), American institutional economist and labor historian

• Auguste Comte (1798–1857), French philosopher, founder of sociology and positivism

• Marquis de Condorcet (1743–1794), French enlightenment philosopher, mathematician, and early political scientist known for the Condorcet method of voting

• Tim Congdon (born 1951), English economist and euro-sceptic politician

• Alfred Haskell Conrad (1924–1970), American Harvard professor of economics

• Hugh E. Conway (born 1942), American economist and professor at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces

• Thomas F. Cooley (1943–2021), American economist

• Richard N. Cooper (1934–2020), American economist and policy adviser

• Russell W. Cooper (born 1955), American macroeconomist

• Antoine Augustin Cournot (1801–1877), French philosopher and mathematician, influenced the use of mathematics in economics, known for oligopoly theory, Cournot competition is named for him

• Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543), Polish mathematician and economist

• Carol Corrado (living), American economist

• Dora L. Costa (born 1964), American economist and academic

• Christopher Coyne (born 1977), F. A. Harper professor of Economics at the Mercatus Center, George Mason University

• Tyler Cowen (born 1962), American economist and writer, one of the authors of the Marginal Revolution blog

• Vincent Crawford (born 1950), American economist and game theorist

• August Friedrich Wilhelm Crome (1753–1833), German economist and statistician, known particularly for his Producten-Karte von Europa (1782), one of the first uses of cartograms

• James Crotty (born 1940), American macroeconomist

• Raymond Crotty (1925–1994), Irish economist and campaigner against Irish membership of the European Union; his 1987 successful legal challenge in the Irish Supreme Court is the basis for EU treaty changes having to be submitted to referendum in Ireland

• Jakša Cvitanić (born 1962), Croatian/American economist, professor at Caltech

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• Uri Dadush (living), French scholar in Washington DC

• Hugh Dalton (1887–1962), Welsh/English economist and politician

• Herman Daly (born 1938), American "father" of ecological economics

• George Dantzig (1914–2005), American mathematical scientist

• William A. "Sandy" Darity Jr. (born 1953), American economist and researcher

• Partha Dasgupta (born 1942), Bangladeshi/British development economist

• Charles Davenant (1656–1714), English mercantilist and politician

• Paul Davidson (born 1930), American macroeconomist

• Antony Davies (born 1965), American economist and author

• D. J. Davies (1893–1956), Welsh economist and author

• Lance E. Davis (1928–2014), American social science professor

• Angus Deaton (born 1945), Scottish-American economist and academic

• Gérard Debreu (1921–2004), French-American economist and mathematician

• Rajeev Dehejia (born 1973), American professor of public policy

• J. Bradford DeLong (born 1960), American economic historian

• Harold Demsetz (1930–2019), American professor of economics

• Isaac de Pinto (1717–1787), Dutch banker and scholar

• Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai (born 1940), Indian/British economist and Labour Party politician

• Hernando de Soto Polar (born 1941), Peruvian economist of the informal economy

• Pat Devine (living), English industrial economist

• Mathias Dewatripont (born 1959), Belgian economist and professor

• Armando Di Filippo (living), Argentine economist and academic

• Douglas Diamond (born 1953), American finance expert

• Peter Diamond (born 1940), American social security expert

• Gladys Dickason (1903–1971), American labor economist

• Peter Dicken (born 1938), English economic geographer

• Benjamin Diokno (born 1948), Philippine central banker

• Avinash Dixit (born 1944), Indian/American economist

• Huw Dixon (born 1958), Welsh economist and academic

• Peter Dixon (born 1946), Australian economist and academic

• Simeon Djankov (born 1970), Bulgarian economist and politician

• Maurice Dobb (1900–1976), English Marxist economist

• David Dodd (1895–1988), American financial analyst

• Randall Dodd (living), American policy regulator

• Jennifer Doleac (living), American economist

• Evsey Domar (1914–1997), Soviet/American economist

• Paul Donovan (born 1972), British economist

• Stephen J. Dubner (born 1963), American economics author and broadcaster

• Henda Ducados (born 1964), French/Angolan economist

• Esther Duflo (born 1972), French/American economist

• Steven N. Durlauf (born 1958), American economist and social scientist

• Philip H. Dybvig (born 1955), American economist and professor at Olin Business School

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• Shlomo Eckstein (1929–2020), Israeli economist and academic

• Nicholas Economides, Greek economist

• Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (1845–1926), Anglo-Irish philosopher and political economist

• Sebastian Edwards (born 1953), Chilean economist and academic

• Martin Eichenbaum (born 1954), American professor of economics

• Barry Eichengreen (born 1952), American economist and political scientist

• Alfred Eichner (1937–1988), American economist

• Ali M. El-Agraa (born 1941), Sudanese/British economist

• Daniel Ellsberg (1931–2023), American economist and politician

• Richard T. Ely (1853–1943), American economist and social interventionist

• Kenneth G. Elzinga (living), American economist and writer

• Ernst Engel (1821–1896), German economist and statistician

• Friedrich Engels (1820–1895), German/British Marxist economist

• Stanley Engerman (born 1936), American economist and economic historian

• Robert F. Engle (born 1942), American statistician and economist

• Ludwig Erhard (1897–1977), German economist and politician

• Vanessa Erogbogbo (living), Ugandan/British development specialist

• José Luís Espert (born 1961), Argentinian economist and politician

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• Marc Faber (born 1946), Swiss investor based in Thailand

• Armin Falk (born 1968), German economist and academic

• Günter Faltin (born 1944), German economist and entrepreneur

• Eugene Fama born 1939), American economist known for efficient-market hypothesis

• Emmanuel Farhi (1978–2020), French economist and academic

• M. J. Farrell (1926–1975), British economist

• Jeff Faux (living), American economist and writer

• Henry Fawcett (1833–1884), British economist and statesman

• Nikolay Fedorenko (1917–2006), Soviet/Russian economist and chemist

• Ernst Fehr (born 1956), Austrian/Swiss behavioral economist

• Martin Feldstein (1939–2019), American economist and academic

• Edgar Fiedler (1929–2003), American economist

• Randall K. Filer (born 1952), American economist and researcher

• Amy Finkelstein (born 1973), American economist and researcher

• Stanley Fischer (born 1943), American/Israeli economist and bank governor

• Price V. Fishback (b. c. 1955), American economic historian

• Irving Fisher (1867–1947), American economist and social campaigner

• Jon Fisher (born 1972), American entrepreneur and philanthropist

• Jean-Paul Fitoussi (1942–2022), French economist and academic

• William Fleetwood (1656–1723), English statistician and bishop

• Marcus Fleming (1911–1976), British economist and stabilization expert

• Amelia Fletcher (born 1966), British economist and singer

• John E. Floyd (born 1937), Canadian economist and academic

• Karnit Flug (born 1955), Polish/Israeli economist and bank governor

• Robert Fogel (1926–2013), American economic historian

• Charles Fourier (1772–1837), French philosopher and socialist thinker

• Joseph Francois (born 1961), Swiss economist and academic

• Robert H. Frank (born 1939), American economist and academic

• Jeffrey Frankel (born 1952), American macroeconomist

• Bernie Fraser (born 1941), Australian economist and bank governor

• Christopher Freeman (1921–2010), British economist and academic

• Richard B. Freeman (born 1943), American economist and academic

• Bruno Frey (born 1941), Swiss economist and academic

• Benjamin M. Friedman (born 1944), American political economist

• David D. Friedman (born 1945), American microeconomist and theorist

• Milton Friedman (1912–2006), American economist and Nobel Prize winner

• Rose Friedman (1910–2009), American free-market economist

• Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch (1895–1973), Norwegian economist and Nobel Prize co-winner

• Roland Fryer (born 1977), American economist

• Drew Fudenberg (born 1957), American economist and game-theory expert

• Masahisa Fujita (藤田昌久, born 1943), Japanese economist and academic

• Connel Fullenkamp (born 1965), American economist and academic

• Jason Furman (born 1970), American economist and academic

• Celso Furtado (1920–2004), Brazilian economist and development expert

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• Xavier Gabaix (born 1971), French/American economist

• Yegor Gaidar (1956–2009), Soviet/Russian economist and politician

• James Kenneth Galbraith (born 1952), American economist and academic

• John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006), Canadian/American economist and politician

• David Gale (1921–2008), American mathematician and economist

• William G. Gale (born 1959), American economist and politician

• Jordi Galí (born 1961), Spanish macroeconomist

• A. Ronald Gallant (born 1942), American econometrician

• Mauro Gallegati (born 1958), Italian economist and scholar

• Oded Galor (born 1953), Israeli/American economist and academic

• Francisco Javier Carrillo Gamboa (living), Mexican knowledge-systems researcher

• László Garai (1935–2019), Hungarian psychologist and economist

• Gonzalo Garland (born 1959), Peruvian economist and researcher

• Pierangelo Garegnani (1930–2011), Italian economist and academic

• Norton Garfinkle (born 1931), American economist and economic historian

• Leonid Gatovsky (1903–1997), Russian/Soviet economist

• John Geanakoplos (born 1955), American economist and academic

• Jacques Généreux (born 1956), French economist and politician

• Henry George (1839–1897), American political economist

• Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (1906–1994), Romanian statistician and economist

• Mark Gertler (born 1951), American economist and academic

• Silvio Gesell (1862–1930), German economist and politician

• Jayati Ghosh (born 1955), Indian development economist

• Eric Ghysels (born 1956), Belgian economist and econometrician

• Francesco Giavazzi (born 1949), Italian economist and academic

• Charles Gide (1847–1932), French economist and economic historian

• George Gilder (born 1939), American economist and investor

• Richard T. Gill (1927–2010), American economist and opera singer

• Victor Ginsburgh (born 1939), Belgian economist

• Herbert Gintis (born 1940), American economist and behavioral scientist

• Edward Glaeser (born 1967), American economist and academic

• Rachel Glennerster (born 1965), British economist

• William Godwin (1756–1836), English economist and writer

• Claudia Goldin (born 1946), American economist and government official

• Ian Goldin (living), South African/British economist and program director

• Jose Antonio Gomariz (1919–2005), Argentine economist and educator

• Charles Goodhart (born 1936), British economist and academic

• George Goodman (aka "Adam Smith", 1930–2014), American economist and broadcaster

• Austan Goolsbee (born 1969), American economist

• Gita Gopinath (born 1971), Indian/American economist

• Myron J. Gordon (1920–2010), American/Canadian economist and academic

• Robert J. Gordon (born 1940), American economist

• Gary Gorton (b. c. 1951), American economist and finance educator

• Hermann Heinrich Gossen (1810–1858), German economist

• Christian Gouriéroux (born 1959), French econometrician

• Benjamin Graham (1894–1976), British/American economist and investor

• Phil Gramm (born 1942), American economist and politician

• Clive Granger (1934–2009), Welsh/American econometrician

• George Grantham (born 1941), American economist and academic

• William Greene (born 1951), American economist

• Alan Greenspan (born 1926), American economist and finance official

• Thomas Gresham (c. 1519–1579), English merchant and financier

• Stephany Griffith-Jones (born 1947), British/American economist

• Zvi Griliches (1930–1999), Lithuanian/American economist

• Elgin Groseclose (1899–1983), American economist and statesman

• Gene Grossman (born 1955), American economist and academic

• Henryk Grossman (1881–1950), Polish/German economist and revolutionary

• Jonathan Gruber (born 1965), American economist and academic

• Rebeca Grynspan (born 1955), Costa Rican economist

• Gu Zhun (顾准, 1915–1974), Chinese economist and post-Marxist

• Dominique Guellec (living), French economist and official

• Maria-Carmen Guisan (living), Spanish economist

• Faruk Gül (living), Turkish/American economist and academic

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• Trygve Haavelmo (1911–1999), Norwegian economist and Nobel laureate

• Gottfried Haberler (1900–1995), Austrian/American economist

• Charles Hall (1740–1825), English social critic and physician

• Robert Hall (born 1943), American economist and academic

• Andrew Hughes Hallett (1947–1919), Scottish economist and academic

• John Haltiwanger (born 1955), American economist

• Daniel S. Hamermesh (born 1943), American economist

• James D. Hamilton (born 1954), American economist and academic

• Steve H. Hanke (born 1942), American applied economist

• Alvin Hansen (1887–1975), American economist and academic

• Lars Peter Hansen (born 1952), American economist and academic

• Peter Reinhard Hansen (born 1968), Danish economist and academic

• Eric Hanushek (born 1943), American economist

• Mahbub ul Haq (1934–1998), Indian/Pakistani economist and politician

• Arnold Harberger (born 1924), American economist

• Tim Harford (born 1973), English economist and broadcaster

• Charles Knickerbocker Harley (born 1943), American economic historian

• Stephen Harper (born 1959), Canadian economist and Prime Minister (2006–2015)

• Roy Harrod (1900–1978), English economist and biographer

• John Harsanyi (1920–2000), Hungarian/American economist and Nobel Prize winner

• Oliver Hart (born 1948), British/American economist and Nobel laureate

• Campbell Harvey (born 1958), Canadian/American economist and academic

• Jerry A. Hausman (born 1946), American econometrician

• Bohdan Hawrylyshyn (1926–2016), Ukrainian/Canadian economist and thinker

• Friedrich Hayek (1899–1992), Austrian/American economist and philosopher

• Henry Hazlitt (1894–1993), American economics writer

• James Heckman (born 1944), American economist and Nobel laureate

• Eli Heckscher (1879–1952), Swedish political economist and economic historian

• Robert Heilbroner (1919–2005), American economist and historian of economics

• Carolyn Heinrich (born 1967), American historian and academic

• Christian Hellwig (living), German macroeconomist

• Elhanan Helpman (born 1946), Israeli economist and academic

• Hazel Henderson (1933–2022), English economist, ecologist and broadcaster

• David Forbes Hendry (born 1944), English econometrician and academic

• Peter Blair Henry, Jamaican-born economist

• Noreena Hertz (born 1967), English economist and broadcaster

• William Hewins (1865–1931), English economist and politician

• John Hicks (1904–1989), English economist and joint Nobel laureate

• Michael J. Hicks (born 1962), American economist and academic

• Robert Higgs (born 1944), American economic historian

• Jack Hirshleifer (1925–2005), American economist and academic

• John A. Hobson (1858–1940), English economist and social scientist

• Thomas Hodgskin (1787–1869), English political economist and socialist

• Samuel Hollander (born 1937), English/Canadian/Israeli economist

• Bengt Holmström (born 1949), Finnish/American economist and academic

• Charles A. Holt (born 1948), American behavioral economist

• Harry J. Holzer (born 1957), American economist and educator

• Kevin Hoover (born 1955), American economist and philosopher

• Hans-Hermann Hoppe (born 1949), German/American economist and philosopher

• Charles Horioka (チャールズ・ユウジ・ホリオカ, born 1956), American/Japanese economist and academic

• Branko Horvat (1928–2003), Yugoslav/Croatian economist and politician

• Harold Hotelling (1895–1973), American statistician and theorist

• Peter Howitt (born 1946), Canadian economist

• William Hsiao (蕭慶倫m born 1936), Chinese/American economist and academic

• Yukon Huang (born 1944), Chinese/American economist

• Glenn Hubbard (born 1958), American economist and academic

• Michael Hudson (born 1939), American economist and analyst

• David Hume (1711–1776), Scottish economist and philosopher

• Thomas M. Humphrey (born 1935), American economist

• Jennifer Hunt (1913–2015), American economist and politician

• Leonid Hurwicz (1917–2008), Polish/American economist and mathematician

• Terence Wilmot Hutchison (1912–2007), English economist

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• Sri Mulyani Indrawati (born 1962), Indonesian economist, banker and politician

• Stefan Ingves (born 1953), Swedish national bank governor and economist

• Jay Inslee (born 1951), American economist and governor of Washington

• Douglas Irwin (living), American economist and academic

• Mugur Isărescu (born 1949), Romanian national bank governor and economist

• Otmar Issing (born 1936), German economist and economic policy-maker

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• Matthew O. Jackson (born 1962), American economist and academic

• Tim Jackson (born 1957), British ecological economist

• David A. Jaeger (born 1964), American economist and researcher

• Davoud Danesh-Jafari, Iranian politician and economist

• Ravi Jagannathan (born 1949), American economist and academic

• Eliot Janeway (1913–1993), American economist and author

• William H. Janeway (born 1943), American economist and venture capitalist

• Robert A. Jarrow (living), American economist and academic

• Peter Jay (born 1937), English economist and diplomat

• Michael Jensen (born 1939), American financial economist

• William Stanley Jevons (1835–1882), English economist and logician

• Leif Johansen (1930–1982), Norwegian economist and academic

• Søren Johansen (born 1939), Danish statistician and econometrician

• Harry Gordon Johnson (1923–1977), Canadian economist

• Simon Johnson (born 1963), English/American and IMF economist

• Lewis Webster Jones (1899–1975), American economist and academic

• Richard Jones (1790–1855), English economist

• Dan Johnson (b. c. 1969), Canadian/American microeconomist and entrepreneur

• Thomas Jordan (born 1963), Swiss economist and central banker

• Dale W. Jorgenson (born 1933), American economist and academic

• Boyan Jovanovic (born 1952), American economist and academic

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• Daniel Kahneman (born 1934), Palestinian/Israeli economist and psychologist

• Ehud Kalai (born 1942), Israeli/American game theorist and mathematical economist

• Nicholas Kaldor (1908–1986), Hungarian/British economist and government advisor

• Michał Kalecki (1899–1970), Polish economist

• Thomas Kane (born 1961), American educational economist

• Leonid Kantorovich (1912–1986), Soviet mathematician and economist

• Ethan Kaplan (living), American economist and academic

• Steven Kaplan (born 1959), American business economist

• Dean Karlan (living), American development economist

• Michael Kaser (1926–2021), English economist

• Lawrence F. Katz (born 1959), American economist and academic

• Steve Keen (born 1953), Australian economist and educator

• Timothy J. Kehoe (born 1953), American economist and academic

• Stephanie Kelton (born 1969), American economist and academic

• A. R. Kemal (1946–2008), Pakistani economist and policy-maker

• Peter Kenen (1932–2012), American international economist

• Charles Kennedy (1923–1997), American theoretical economist

• Li Keqiang (李克强, born 1955), Chinese economist and politician

• Srgjan Kerim (born 1948), Yugoslav/Macedonian economist and diplomat

• John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946), English political economist

• Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406), Arab social scientist

• Mushtaq Khan (born 1961), British/Bangladeshi economist and academic

• Homi Kharas (living), American economist and UN executive

• Fahmida Khatun (living), Bangladeshi economist and policy analyst

• Mwai Kibaki (1931–2022), Kenyan economist and politician

• Mervyn King, English economist and Bank of England governor

• Robert G. King (born 1951), American macroeconomist

• Bruce Kingma (born 1961), American economist and entrepreneur

• Israel Kirzner (born 1930), English/American economist

• Nobuhiro Kiyotaki (清滝信宏, born 1955), Japanese/American macroeconomist

• Lawrence Klein (1920–2013), American econometrician and Nobel Prize winner

• Morton Klein (born 1947), German/American economist and statistician

• Morris Kleiner (b.1948), American labor economist

• Paul Klemperer (born 1956), English economist and academic

• Arnold Kling (born 1954), American economist and writer

• Teun Kloek (born 1934), Dutch econometrician

• Jan Kmenta (1928–2016), Czech/American economist and statistician

• Frank Knight (1885–1972), American economist and academic

• Lilian Knowles (1870–1926), English economic historian

• Klaas Knot (born 1967), Dutch economist and central banker

• Narayana Kocherlakota (born 1963), American economist and academic

• Leopold Kohr (1909–1994), Austrian/British economist and political scientist

• John Komlos (born 1944), Hungarian/American economic historian

• Nikolai Kondratiev (1892–1938), Russian/Soviet economist and economic policy-maker

• Tjalling Koopmans (1910–1985), Dutch/American economist and mathematician

• Roger C. Kormendi (1949–2009), American economist and finance expert

• János Kornai (1928–2021), Hungarian economist and theorist

• Andrey Korotayev (born 1961), Soviet/Russian economic historian and sociologist

• Naum Krasner (1924–1999), Soviet/Russian economist and mathematician

• Lawrence B. Krause (born 1929), American economist and economic advisor

• Jan Kregel (born 1944), American economist and UN executive

• Michael Kremer (born 1964), American development economist and academic

• David M. Kreps (born 1950), American game theorist and economist

• Peter Kropotkin (1842–1921), American economist and political scientist

• Anne Osborn Krueger (born 1934), American economist and IMF executive

• Paul Krugman (born 1953), American economist, academic and Nobel Prize winner

• Per Krusell (born 1959), Swedish macroeconomist

• Lawrence Kudlow (born 1947), American finance analyst

• Adriana Kugler (born 1969), American economist and public-policy academic

• Maurice Kugler (born 1967), American economist and public-policy academic

• Rajiv Kumar (born 1951), Indian economist and politician

• Robert Kuttner (born 1943), American economic and economic-policy writer

• Simon Kuznets (1901–1985), Russian/American economist and statistician

• Vladimir Kvint (living), Soviet/Russian economist and strategist

• Finn E. Kydland (born 1943), Norwegian/American economist and academic

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• Ludwig Lachmann (1906–1990), German economist

• Arthur Laffer (born 1940), American economist

• Jean-Jacques Laffont (1947–2004), French economist

• Ricardo Lagos (born 1938), Chilean economist and lawyer

• David Laibson (born 1966), American economist

• David Laidler (born 1938), English monetary economist

• Domingo Laino (born 1935), Paraguayan economist and politician

• John A. Laitner (born 1947), American economist and environmentalist

• Naomi Lamoreaux (born 1950), American economic historian

• Steven Landsburg (born 1954), American economist

• Philip R. Lane (born 1954), American economist

• Lang Xianping (郎咸平, born 1956), Hong Kong-based economist

• Oskar Lange (1904–1965), Polish economist and diplomat

• Serge Latouche (born 1940), French economist

• John Law (1671–1629), Scottish economist

• Richard Layard (born 1934), English labour economist

• Edward Lazear (1948–2020), American economist

• Edward E. Leamer (born 1944), American economist

• Stanley Lebergott (1918–2009), American economist

• Lewis Lehrman (born 1938), American economist and banker

• Frederic Sterling Lee (1949–2014), American economist

• Peter Leeson (born 1979), American economist

• Axel Leijonhufvud (1933–2022), Swedish economist

• Manuela Ferreira Leite (born 1940), Portuguese economist and politician

• Leonard Liggio (1933–2014), American writer and academic

• Wassily Leontief (1905–1999), American economist

• Abba P. Lerner (1903–1982), Russian/British economist

• Leonardus Lessius (1554–1623), Flemish moral theologian

• Richard Levin (born 1947), American economist

• David K. Levine (b. c. 1955), American economist

• Lars Lefgren (born 1972), American economist

• Steven D. Levitt (born 1967), American economist

• Arthur Lewbel (c. 1956), American economist

• Arthur Lewis (1915–1991), Saint Lucia economist

• Tracy R. Lewis (living), American economist

• Kevin Leyton-Brown (born 1975), Canadian economist

• Evsei Liberman (1897–1981), Russian/Soviet economist

• Justin Yifu Lin (林毅夫, born 1952), Chinese economist

• Michael Lind (born 1962), American writer and academic

• Erik Lindahl (1891–1960), Swedish economist

• Assar Lindbeck (1930–2020), Swedish economist

• Friedrich List (1789–1846), German/American economist

• John A. List (born 1968), American economist

• Andrew Lo (羅聞全, born 1960), Hong Kong/American financial economist

• John Locke (1632–1704), English philosopher

• William Forster Lloyd (1794–1852), English writer on economics

• Bernard Lonergan (1904–1984), Canadian philosopher

• Frédéric Lordon (born 1962), French economist and philosopher

• Max O. Lorenz (1876–1959), American economist

• Pascal Lorot (born 1960), French economist and geo-politician

• Andreas Löschel (living), German economist

• John R. Lott (born 1958), American economist and political commentator

• Robert Lucas, Jr. (1937–2023), American economist

• Stephen J. Luczo (born 1957), American chief executive

• Rosa Luxemburg (1871–1919), Polish-born economist and revolutionary socialist

• Gerard Lyons (born 1961), English political economist

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• Donald MacDougall (1912–2004), Scottish economist

• Mark J. Machina (born 1954), American economist

• Carlos Manuel Urzúa Macías (born 1955), Mexican academician and economist

• Henry Dunning Macleod (1821–1902), Scottish economist

• Adil Abdul-Mahdi (born 1942), Iraqi economist and vice-president

• Edmond Malinvaud (1923–2015), French economist

• Burton Malkiel (born 1932), American economist and writer on finance

• Thomas Malthus (1766–1834), English political economist and demographer

• Gerard de Malynes (fl. 1585–1627), English foreign trader and government advisor

• N. Gregory Mankiw (born 1958), American macroeconomist

• Henry Manne (1928–2015), American economist and academic

• Alan Manning (born 1960), English economist and academic

• Edwin Mansfield (1930–1997), American economist and academic

• Charles Manski (born 1948), American professor of economics

• Mao Yushi (茅于轼;, born 1929), Chinese economist

• Ruy Mauro Marini (1932–1997), Brazilian economist

• Harry Markowitz (1927–2023), American economist

• Karl Marlo (1810–1865), German economist and academic

• Jacob Marschak (1898–1977), American economist

• Alfred Marshall (1842–1924), English neoclassical economist

• Marsh Marshall (born 1953), American economist and hedge-fund manager

• Harriet Martineau (1802–1876), English social theorist

• Karl Marx (1818–1883), German founder of Marxian economics

• Eric Maskin (born 1950), American economist and Nobel laureate

• Jason Gaverick Matheny (living), American expert on artificial intelligence

• Paul Mattick (1904–1981), German social revolutionary

• Richard Maybury (born 1946), American educational economist

• C. M. Mayo (living), American economist and writer

• Preston McAfee (born 1956), American managerial economist

• Bennett McCallum (born 1935), American monetary economist

• Rachel McCleary (living), American economist

• Deirdre McCloskey (born 1942), American economist and academic

• John Ramsey McCulloch (1789–1864), Scottish political economist

• Paul McCulley (born 1957), American economist and business executive

• James McDonald (b. c. 1942), American econometrician

• Daniel McFadden (born 1937), American econometrician

• Richard McKelvey (1944–2002), American political scientist

• Lionel W. McKenzie (1919–2010), American economist

• Warwick McKibbin (born 1957), Australian economist and academic

• David McWilliams (born 1966), Irish economist and writer

• James Meade (1907–1995), English economist and Nobel laureate

• Gardiner Means (1896–1988), American economist

• J. K. Mehta (1901–1980), Indian economist

• Marc Melitz (born 1968), American economist

• Leslie Melville (1902–2002), Australian economist and public servant

• Carl Menger (1840–1921), Austrian economist

• Karl Menger (1902–1985), Austrian/American mathematician

• Stanislav Menshikov (1927–2014), Soviet/Russian economist

• Robert C. Merton (born 1944), American economist and Nobel laureate

• Albert J. Meyer (1919–1983), American economist

• John R. Meyer (1927–2009), American transport economist

• Valery Ivanovich Mezhlauk (1893–1938), Soviet planning official

• Leo Michelis (living), Greek/Canadian economist

• Javier Milei (born 1970), Argentinian libertarian economist

• David Miles (born 1959), Welsh/English economist

• Murray Milgate (born 1950), Australian/British economist

• Paul Milgrom (born 1948), American economist

• John Stuart Mill (1806–1873), English philosopher and political economist

• Merton Miller (1923–2000), American economist and Nobel laureate

• Jacob Mincer (1922–2006), American labor economist

• Hyman Minsky (1919–1996), American economist and professor at Washington University in St. Louis

• James Mirrlees (1936–2018), Scottish economist and Nobel laureate

• Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973), Austrian economist and sociologist

• Frederic Mishkin (born 1951), American economist and academic

• Baidyanath Misra (20th c.), Indian economist and administrator

• Wesley Mitchell (1874–1948), American economist

• Alfred Mitchell-Innes (1864–1950), English economist and diplomat

• Franco Modigliani (1918–2003), Italian/American economist and Nobel laureate

• Robert Moffit (living), American economist and government official

• Herbert Mohring (1928–2012), American transportation economist

• Joel Mokyr (born 1946), Dutch/American economic historian

• Gustave de Molinari (1819–1912), Belgian political economist

• Solita Monsod (born 1940), Philippines economist and writer

• John Hardman Moore (born 1954), English economic theorist

• Jonathan Morduch (born 1963), American economist and public service expert

• Peter Morici (born 1948), American economist

• Michio Morishima (1923–2004), Japanese economist

• Stephen Morris (living), American game theorist

• Dale Mortensen (1939–2014), American economist and Nobel laureate

• Warren Mosler (born 1949), American economist and hedge-fund manager

• Rowland Percy Moss (born 1928), English development economist

• David C. Mowery (living), American economist

• Dambisa Moyo (born 1969), Zambian economist

• Anu Muhammad (born 1956), Bangladeshi economist

• Sendhil Mullainathan (b. c. 1973), Indian/American economist and academic

• Thomas Mun (1571–1641), English writer on economics

• Mohan Munasinghe (living), Sri Lankan economist and physicist

• Robert Mundell (1932–2021), Canadian economist and academic

• Karthik Muralidharan (born 1975), Indian/American economist

• Richard Murnane (born 1945), American economist

• Kevin J. Murphy (born 1957), American finance academic

• Kevin M. Murphy (born 1958), American economist

• Robert P. Murphy (born 1976), American economist

• Richard Musgrave (1910–2007), American economist and public finance theorist

• Michael Mussa (1944–2012), American economist and academic

• John Muth (1930–2005), American economist

• Bingu wa Mutharika (1934–2012), Malawi economist and politician

• Stewart Myers (born 1940), American financial economist

• Roger Myerson (born 1951), American economist and academic

• Alva Myrdal (1902–1986), Swedish sociologist and Nobel laureate

• Gunnar Myrdal (1898–1987), Swedish economist and sociologist

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• John Forbes Nash Jr. (1928–2015), American mathematician and Nobel laureate

• Richard Nelson (born 1930), American evolutionary economist and academic

• Nikolay Nenovsky (born 1963), Bulgarian/French economist

• Marc Nerlove (born 1933), American economist

• John von Neumann (1903–1957), Hungarian/American mathematician and economist

• David Neumark (born 1959), American economist and academic

• David Newbery (born 1943), English applied economist

• Francis William Newman (1805–1897), English moral philosopher

• Stephen Nickell (born 1944), English economist and academic

• Peter Nijkamp (born 1946), Dutch economist

• Yew-Kwang Ng (黄有光, born 1942), Malaysian/Australian welfare economist

• William A. Niskanen (1933–2011), American economist and adviser

• William Nordhaus (born 1941), American economist and climate-change expert

• Montagu Norman, 1st Baron Norman (1871–1950), English central banker

• Douglass North (1920–2015), American economic historian

• Dudley North (1641–1691), English merchant and economist

• Oscar Nuccio (1931–2004), Italian economic historian

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• William Oakland (1939–2007), American economist and academic

• Maurice Obstfeld (born 1952), American economist and academic

• William Ogilvie (1736–1819), Scottish academic

• Sharyn O'Halloran (living), American political scientist and economist

• Bertil Ohlin (1899–1979), Swedish economist and politician

• Walter Oi (1929–2013), American economist and professor at University of Rochester

• Nobuo Okishio (置塩信雄, 1927–2003), Japanese Marxian economist

• Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (born 1954), Nigerian/American economist and Director-General of the World Trade Organization

• Arthur Melvin Okun (1928–1980), American economist and adviser

• Mancur Olson (1932–1998), American economist and political scientist

• Redvers Opie (1900–1984), English/Mexican economist

• Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman (born 1996), Ghanaian-American activist and CEO of the Sadie Collective

• Nicole Oresme (c. 1320–1382), French philosopher

• Peter R. Orszag (born 1968), American financial adviser

• Elinor Ostrom (1933–2012), American political economist and Nobel laureate

• Andrew Oswald (living), Australian/British economist and behavioural scientist

• Robert Owen (1771–1858), Welsh social reformer

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• Krishna Palepu (born 1954), American economist and business manager

• Giancarlo Pallavicini (born 1931), Italian economist and Soviet adviser

• V. R. Panchamukhi (born 1936), Indian economist and scholar

• Thomas Palfrey (born 1953), American economist and political scientist

• Yadav Prasad Pant (1928–2007), Nepalese economist and politician

• Maffeo Pantaleoni (1857–1924), Italian economist

• Philippe Van Parijs (born 1951), Belgian professor and political economist

• Vilfredo Pareto (1848–1923), Italian engineer and economist

• Manuel V. Pangilinan (born 1946), Philippines business executive

• Jacques Parizeau (1930–2015), Canadian economist and politician

• Luigi Pasinetti (1930–2023), Italian economist

• Frédéric Passy (1822–1912), French economist and pacifist

• I. G. Patel (1924–2005), Indian economist and central bank governor

• Prabhat Patnaik (born 1945), Indian economist and political commentator

• William Paterson (1658–1719), Scottish trade and banker

• Don Patinkin (1922–1995), American/Israeli monetary economist

• Christina Paxson (born 1960), American economist

• Lasse Heje Pedersen (born 1972), Danish financial economist

• Edith Penrose (1914–1996), American/British economist

• Émile and Isaac Péreire (1800–1875 and 1806–1880), French financiers

• Carlota Perez (born 1939), Venezuelan/British specialist in socio-economic development

• Javier Perez-Capdevila (born 1963), Cuban mathematician

• Torsten Persson (born 1954), Swedish economist

• Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert (1646–1714), French lawmaker and theorist

• M. Hashem Pesaran (born 1946), Iranian/British economist

• Wolfgang Pesendorfer, American economist

• Pierre Pestieau (born 1943), Belgian economist

• Maurice Peston, Baron Peston (1931–2016), English economist and politician

• Robert Peston (born 1960), English writer on economics

• Douglas Peters (1930–2016), Canadian banker and economist

• William Petty (1623–1687), English economist and scientist

• Edmund Phelps (born 1933), American economist and Nobel laureate

• Thomas Philippon (born 1974), French/American economist and finance professor

• Peter C. B. Phillips (born 1948), New Zealand/Singapore econometrician

• William Phillips (1914–1975), New Zealand/English economist

• Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877–1959), English welfare economist

• Thomas Piketty (born 1971), French economist

• Christopher A. Pissarides (born 1948), Cypriot economist

• Arnold Plant (1898–1978), English economist

• Plato (Platon, 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BCE), Greek philosopher

• Steven Plaut (1951–2017), Israeli economist

• Charles Plott (born 1938), American economist

• Karl Polanyi (1886–1964), Austro-Hungarian/Canadian economic historian and political economist

• Michael Polanyi (1891–1976), Hungarian/British polymath

• Robert Pollin (born 1950), American economist

• Yuri Poluneev (born 1956), Soviet/Ukrainian international economist

• Dina Pomeranz (born 1977), Swiss economist

• Jean-Pierre Ponssard (born 1946), French economist

• Arden Pope (b. c. 1954), American environmental economist

• Michael Porter (born 1947), American business economist

• Richard Portes (living), American/British economist

• Arturo C. Porzecanski (born 1949), Uruguayan/American economist

• Richard Posner (born 1939), American jurist and economist

• James M. Poterba (born 1958), American economist

• Bernard van Praag (born 1939), Dutch welfare economist

• John W. Pratt (born 1931), American business economist

• Edward C. Prescott (born 1940), American economist and Nobel laureate

• Steven Pressman (born 1952), American economist

• Clyde V. Prestowitz Jr. (born 1941), American labor economist

• Raúl Prebisch (1901–1986), Argentinian structural economist

• Yevgeni Preobrazhensky (1886–1937), Soviet/Russian economist, revolutionary, and politician

• Cuno Pümpin (born 1939), Swiss economist and entrepreneur

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• Guy Quaden (born 1945), Belgian economist and central bank governor

• Danny Quah (柯成兴, born 1958), Singapore development economist

• François Quesnay (1694–1774), French economist

• John Quiggin (born 1956), Australian economist and government adviser

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• Matthew Rabin (born 1963), American behavioral economist

• Roy Radner (1927–2022), American micro-economist

• John Rae (1796–1872), Scottish/Canadian economist

• Richard W. Rahn (born 1942), American economist

• Raghuram Rajan (born 1963), Indian economist

• Mihir Rakshit (born 1936), Indian economist

• Rogelio Ramírez de la O (living), Mexican economist

• Frank Plumpton Ramsey (1903–1930), English mathematician and economist

• Ajit Ranade (living), Indian economist and political analyst

• Leonard Rapping (1934–1991), American economist and government adviser

• Martin Ravallion (1952–2022), Australian economist

• Debra Ray (born 1957), Indian/American development economist

• Daniel Raymond (1786–1849), American political economist

• Riccardo Realfonzo (born 1964), Italian economist

• Ralph Recto (born 1964), Philippines economist and politician

• Daniel Rees American economist and professor at Charles III University of Madrid

• Robert Reich (born 1946), American economist and commentator

• Carmen Reinhart (born 1955), Cuban/American economist and academic

• Ricardo Reis (born 1988), Portuguese/British economist

• George Reisman (born 1937), American economist and academic

• Philip J. Reny (living), Canadian/American economist

• David Ricardo (1772–1823), English political economist

• Matthew Richardson, American economist

• Frank-Jürgen Richter (born 1967), German economist and entrepreneur

• Jeremy Rifkin (born 1945), American economist and social theorist

• Alice Rivlin (1931–2019), American economist and budget official

• Lionel Robbins (1898–1984), English economist

• Donald John Roberts (born 1945), Canadian/American economist

• Paul Craig Roberts (born 1939), American economist

• Russ Roberts (born 1954), American economist and broadcaster

• Denis Robertson (1890–1963), English economist and academic

• Abraham Robinson (1918–1974), German/American mathematician

• Austin Robinson (1897–1993), English economist and academic

• Joan Robinson (1903–1983), English economist

• Johann Karl Rodbertus (1805–1875), German economist and political theorist

• Dani Rodrik (born 1957), Turkish/American economist

• John Roemer (born 1945), American economist and political scientist

• Kenneth Rogoff (born 1953), American economist

• Gérard Roland (born 1954), Belgian economist

• Eric Roll (1907–2005), Austro-Hungarian/English economist and public servant

• Richard Roll (born 1939), American economist and finance expert

• Christina Romer (born 1958), American economist and policy adviser

• David Romer (born 1958), American economist and academic

• Paul Romer (born 1955), American economist and business academic

• Alessandro Roncaglia (born 1947), Italian economist

• Ivar Rooth (1888–1972), Swedish lawyer and economist

• Raymond de Roover (1904–1972), Belgian/American economic historian

• Harvey S. Rosen (born 1949), American economist and public-finance adviser

• Henry Rosovsky (1927–2022), German/American economist and academic

• Sherwin Rosen (1938–2001), American labor economist

• Nathan Rosenberg 1927–2015), American economist and technology historian

• Eric S. Rosengren (born 1957), American economist

• Mark Rosenzweig, American economist and academic

• Stephen A. Ross (1944–2017), American financial economist and academic

• J. Barkley Rosser Jr. (1948–2023), American economist and academic

• Esteban Rossi-Hansberg (born 1973), Mexican-American economist

• Walt Whitman Rostow (1916–2003), American economist and political theorist

• Julio Rotemberg (1953–2017), Argentine/American economist

• Alvin E. Roth (born 1951), American economist and academic and Nobel Prize laureate

• Timothy P. Roth (born 1943), American economist and academic

• Murray Rothbard (1926–1995), American economist and political theorist

• Erwin Rothbarth (1913–1944), German economist

• Michael Rothschild (born 1942), American economist and academic

• Nouriel Roubini (born 1958), American economist

• Cecilia Rouse (born 1963), American economist and first African American chair of the Council of Economic Advisers

• Heather Royer (born 1974), American economist and academic

• Scott Rozelle (born 1955), American economist and academic

• Paul Rubin (born 1942), American economist and academic

• Daniel L. Rubinfeld, American economist and academic

• Ariel Rubinstein (born 1951), Israeli economist

• Richard Rumelt (born 1942), American economist and academic

• Isaak Russman (1938–2005), Soviet/Russian economist and mathematician

• John Rust (born 1955), American economist and econometrician

• Justinian Rweyemamu (1942–1982), Tanzanian economist and political strategist

• Tadeusz Rybczynski (1923–1998), Polish/English economist

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• Fabrizio Saccomanni (1942–2019), Italian economist and central banker

• Alexander Sachs (1893–1973), American economist and financier

• Jeffrey Sachs (born 1954), American development economist

• Emmanuel Saez (born 1972), French/American economist, known for work on taxation and inequality

• Claudia Sahm (living), American macroeconomist

• Gilles Saint-Paul (born 1963), French economist

• Henri de Saint-Simon (1760–1825), French political and economic theorist

• Xavier Sala i Martin (born 1962), Spanish-American economist

• António de Oliveira Salazar (1889–1970), Portuguese dictator and economist, Prime Minister of Portugal 1932–1968

• Lise Salvas-Bronsard (1940–1995), Canadian economist and writer

• Arthur Salz (1881–1963), German economist and sociologist

• Paul Samuelson (1915–2009), American economist and Nobel laureate

• Chris William Sanchirico (living), American tax law expert

• José Santana (born 1962), Dominican economist

• Diego Abad de Santillán (1897–1983), Spanish/Argentinian economist, author and anarcho-syndicalist activist

• Juan Manuel Santos (born 1951), Colombian politician, economist and journalist, President of Colombia 2010–2018

• Theotônio dos Santos (1936–2018), Brazilian economist

• Gopal Krishna Sarangi (living), Indian economist specializing in energy economics and climate change

• Thomas J. Sargent, American macroeconomist, econometrician and Nobel laureate

• Mark Satterthwaite (living), American economist

• Anthony Saunders (living), American financial economist

• Jean-Baptiste Say (1767–1832), French businessman known for Say's law

• Louis Auguste Say (1774–1840), French businessman and economist

• Herbert Scarf (1930–2015), American mathematical economist

• Hjalmar Schacht (1877–1970), German economist and politician

• Morton O. Schapiro (born 1953), American economist and university president

• José Scheinkman (born 1948), Brazilian/American economist

• Thomas Schelling (1921–2016), American game theorist and Nobel laureate

• Peter Schiff (born 1963), American stockbroker and financial commentator

• Alexander Schlichter (1868–1940), Soviet economist

• Christoph M. Schmidt (born 1962), German economist

• Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015), German finance expert and politician

• John Schmitt (born 1962), American economist

• Gustav von Schmoller (1838–1917), German economist of the historical school

• Myron Scholes (born 1941), Canadian-American financial economist

• Stephan Schulmeister (born 1947), Austrian jurist and economist

• Theodore Schultz (1902–1998), American economist

• Ernst Schumacher (1911–1977), German/British statistician and economist

• Joseph Schumpeter (1883–1950), Austrian political economist

• Anna Schwartz (1915–2012), American monetarist economist

• Anne A. Scitovsky (1915–2012), German American health economist

• Tibor Scitovsky (1910–2002), Hungarian/American economist

• Molly Scott Cato (born 1963), English green economist and politician

• Jules Sedney (1922–2020), Surinam economist and prime minister

• L. William Seidman (1921–2009), American economist and commentator

• Arthur Seldon (1916–2005), English economist

• Edwin R. A. Seligman (1861–1939), American economist

• Reinhard Selten (1930–2016), German economist and Nobel laureate

• Amartya Sen (born 1933), Indian economist, philosopher and Nobel laureate

• Hans Sennholz (1922–2007), German/American economist and author

• Nassau William Senior (1790–1864), English lawyer and economist

• Andrew Sentance (born 1958), English business economist

• Brad Setser (living), American economist and government official

• Ernest Seyd (1830–1881), German/British banker and economist

• G. L. S. Shackle (1903–1992), English economist

• Anwar Shaikh (born 1945), Pakistani/American economist

• Tharman Shanmugaratnam (born 1957), Singapore economist/politician

• David Shapiro (born 1946), American economist

• Lloyd Shapley (1923–2016), American game theorist and Nobel laureate

• William F. Sharpe (born 1934), American economist and Nobel laureate

• Neil Shephard (born 1964), English econometrician

• Shouyong Shi (born 1965), Canadian macroeconomist

• Robert Shiller (born 1946), American economist and Nobel laureate

• Gary Shilling (living), American financial analyst and commentator

• Robert Shimer (born 1968), American macroeconomist and labor economist

• Hyun-Song Shin (신현송, living), S Korean economic theorist and financial economist

• Yongcheol Shin (born 1960), S Korea/British economist

• Masaaki Shirakawa (白川方明, born 1949), Japanese economist and central banker

• Andrei Shleifer (born 1961), Soviet/American economist and academic

• Artyom Shneyerov (living), Canadian microeconomist

• Martin Shubik (1926–2018), American economist

• Mohammad Najatuallah Siddiqui (born 1939), Indian/Jeddah economist and writer

• Henry Sidgwick (1838–1900), English utilitarian philosopher and economist

• Miguel Sidrauski (1939–1968), Argentine economist

• Ota Šik (1919–2004), Czechoslovak/Czech economist and politician

• Aníbal Cavaco Silva (born 1939), Portuguese economist and president

• Herbert A. Simon (1916–2001), American economist and political scientist

• Julian Lincoln Simon (1932–1998), American business administration academic

• Robert Simons, American economist and professor at Harvard Business School

• Christopher A. Sims (born 1942), American econometrician and macroeconomist

• Hans Singer (1910–2006), German/British development economist

• Kurt Singer (1886–1962), German economist and philosopher

• Manmohan Singh (born 1932), Indian economist and politician

• Hans-Werner Sinn (born 1948), German economist and government adviser

• Mark Skousen (born 1947), American economist and writer

• Margaret Slade (living), Canadian industrial economist

• Andrzej Sławiński (born 1951), Polish economist and academic

• Joel Slemrod (born 1951), American economist and academic

• Eugen Slutsky (1880–1948), Russian/Soviet statistician and economist

• Adam Smith (1723–1790), Scottish economist, philosopher and moral philosopher

• Alasdair Smith (born 1949), Scottish/English economist and academic

• Thomas Smith (1631–1699), English banker

• Vernon L. Smith (born 1927), American economist and lawyer

• Dennis Snower (born 1950), Austrian/American macroeconomist

• Robert Solow (1924–2023), American economist and growth theorist

• Werner Sombart (1863–1941), German economist and sociologist

• Willem Somermeyer (1919–1982), Dutch economist and econometrician

• Hugo F. Sonnenschein (1940–2021), American economist and educationist

• Thomas Sowell (born 1930), American economist and social theorist

• Michael Spence (born 1943), Canadian/American economist and Nobel laureate

• Barbara J. Spencer (living), Australian/Canadian economist

• Gene Sperling (born 1958), American economist and presidential adviser

• Piero Sraffa (1898–1983), Italian/British economist and academic

• T. N. Srinivasan (1933–2018), Indian economist

• Guy Standing (born 1948), English labor economist

• Ross Starr (born 1945), American economist and academic

• Richard H. Steckel (born 1944), American heterodox economist

• Herbert Stein (1916–1999), American economist and presidential adviser

• Jeremy C. Stein (born 1960), American macroeconomist

• Nicholas Stern (born 1946), English economist and academic

• Beth Stetson, American economist

• George Stigler (1911–1991), American economist and Nobel laureate

• Joseph E. Stiglitz (born 1943), American economist and public policy analyst

• James H. Stock (born 1955), American economist and academic

• George W. Stocking, Sr. (1892–1975), American economist of industrial organization

• Nancy Stokey (born 1950), American economist, known for work on economic growth

• Richard Stone (1913–1991), English economist and Nobel laureate

• Benjamin Strong (1872–1928), American banker

• Steve Strongin (born 1958), American investment adviser

• Stanislav Strumilin (1877–1974), Russian/Soviet economist and statistician

• Robert Sugden (born 1949), English cognitive and behavioral economist

• Paul Sultan (1924–2019), Canadian labor economist

• Lawrence Summers (born 1954), American economist and World Bank vice-president

• Robert Summers (1922–2012), American economist and academic

• William Graham Sumner (1840–1910), American social scientist

• Sun Yefang (孙冶方, 1908–1983), Chinese economist

• Jomo Kwame Sundaram (born 1952), Malaysian economist and government adviser

• Arun Sundararajan (living), British/Indian/American economist and academic

• Richard Sutch (1942–2019), American economist and academic

• Kotaro Suzumura (鈴村興太郎, 1944–2020), Japanese economist and academic

• Jan Švejnar (born 1952), Czechoslovak/American economist

• Lars E. O. Svensson (born 1947), Swedish economist and academic

• Subramanian Swamy (born 1939), Indian politician, economist and statistician

• Trevor Swan (1918–1989), Australian economist

• Paul Sweezy (1910–2004), American economist and political activist

• Syahrir (1945–2008), Indonesian political economist

• Richard Sylla (living), American economist and museum trustee

• Edward Szczepanik (1915–2005), Polish economist and politician

• Maria Szécsi (1914–1984), Austrian economist

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• Alex Tabarrok (born 1966), Canadian/American economist

• Guido Tabellini (born 1956), Italian economist

• Hossein Abdoh Tabrizi (born 1951), Iranian professor and financial practitioner

• Naim Talu (1919–1998), Turkish economist and prime minister

• Yair Tauman (born 1948), Israeli/American economist and academic

• Frank William Taussig (1859–1940), American trade-theory economist

• R. H. Tawney (1880–1962), English economic historian and socialist

• Fred M. Taylor (1855–1932), American economist and educator

• Henry Charles Taylor (1873–1969), American agricultural economist

• Alan M. Taylor (born 1964), American economist and academic

• John B. Taylor (born 1946), American economist and academic

• Mark P. Taylor (living), American business-school dean

• Paul Schuster Taylor (1895–1984), American agricultural economist and academic

• Lester G. Telser (born 1931), American economist and academic

• Richard Thaler (born 1945), American behavioral economist and academic

• Henri Theil (1924–2000), Dutch econometrician and academic

• Asher Tishler (born 1947), Israeli economist and college president

• William Thompson (1775–1833), Irish philosopher and social reformer

• Christopher Thornberg (born 1967), American economist

• Henry Thornton (1760–1815), English economist, banker and parliamentarian

• Johann Heinrich von Thünen (1783–1850), German economist and landowner

• Lester Thurow (1938–2016), American political economist and author

• Richard Timberlake (1922–2020), American economist and academic

• Jan Tinbergen (1903–1994), Dutch economist and Nobel laureate

• Jean Tirole (born 1953), French economist and academic

• Sheridan Titman (born 1954), American finance academic

• James Tobin (1918–2002), American economist and government adviser

• Michael Todaro (born 1942), American development economist

• Richard Tol (born 1969), Dutch/English economist and academic

• Alejandro Toledo (born 1946), Peruvian politician and writer on economics

• Robert Torrens (1780–1864), Irish/English political economist and writer

• Robert M. Townsend (born 1948), American economist and academic

• Kenneth E. Train (born 1951), American economist and academic

• Daniel Trefler (born 1959), Canadian economist and academic

• Rodrigue Tremblay (born 1939), Canadian economist and politician

• Giulio Tremonti (born 1947), Italian economic politician

• Jean-Claude Trichet (born 1942), French economist and European Central Bank president

• Robert Triffin (1911–1993), Belgian/American economist

• Sho-Chieh Tsiang (蔣碩傑, 1918–1993), Chinese/American economist

• Catherine Tucker (born 1977), management academic

• Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky (1865–1919), Russian economist and politician

• Gordon Tullock (1922–2014), American economist and professor of law

• Anne Robert Jacques Turgot (1727–1781), French economist and politician

• Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell (born 1955), English economist and business executive

• Amos Tversky (1937–1996), Israeli cognitive and mathematical psychologist

• Laura D'Andrea Tyson (born 1947), American economist and presidential adviser

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 * Kazuhide Uekusa (植草一秀, born 1960), Japanese economist
 * Kuzo Uno (宇野 弘蔵, 1897–1977), Japanese economist
 * Hirofumi Uzawa (宇沢弘文, 1928–2014), Japanese economist

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• Natacha Valla (born 1976), French economist and management expert

• Alexander Van der Bellen (born 1944), Austrian economist and president

• John Van Reenen (born 1965), English economist and academic

• Eugen Varga (1879–1964), Austro-Hungarian/Soviet Marxian economist

• Hal Varian (born 1947), American microeconomist and Google executive

• Yanis Varoufakis (born 1961), Greek/Australian economist and politician

• Antoaneta Vassileva (born 1960), Bulgarian economist and academic

• Kerrin Vautier, New Zealand economist

• Thorstein Veblen (1857–1929), American economist and sociologist

• Richard Vedder (born 1940), American economist and historian

• Carlos A. Vegh (born 1951), Uruguayan academic economist

• Anthony Venables (born 1953), English economist and academic

• Fernando Vianello (1939–2009), Italian economist and academic

• William Vickrey (1914–1996), Canadian/American economist and Nobel laureate

• Thomas Vietorisz (1926–2019), Hungarian-born American economist and urban planner

• Jacob Viner (1892–1970), American economist

• Ignazio Visco (born 1949), Italian economist and central-bank governor

• Robert W. Vishny (b. c. 1959), American economist and finance academic

• Eva Vivalt (living), Canadian economist

• Xavier Vives (born 1955), Spanish microeconomist

• Paul Volcker (1927–2019), American economist and presidential adviser

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• Romain Wacziarg (born 1970), American economist and academic

• Sushil Wadhwani (born 1959), Indian/British economist and monetary policy expert

• Adolph Wagner (1835–1917), German economist and politician

• Jim Walker (living), American economist and fund manager

• Neil Wallace (born 1939), American economist and academic

• Phyllis Ann Wallace (1921–1993), American economist and political activist

• Henry Wallich (1914–1988), German/American economist and central banker

• W. Allen Wallis (1912–1998), American economist and statistician

• Léon Walras (1834–1910), French mathematical economist

• Carl Walsh (born 1949), American economist and academic

• Alan Walters (1926–2009), English economist and government adviser

• John Glen Wardrop (1922–1989), English mathematician and transport analyst

• Marilyn Waring (born 1952), New Zealand international development consultant

• Mark Watson (born 1952), American econometrician and macroeconomist

• Beatrice Webb (1858–1943), English sociologist and economist

• Sidney Webb (1859–1947), English socialist, economist and academic

• Alfred Weber (1868–1958), German economist and geographer

• Isabella Weber (born 1987), German economist active in the United States

• Max Weber (1864–1920), German sociologist and political economist

• Dorothy Wedderburn (1925–2012), English academic

• Beatrice Weder di Mauro (born 1965), Swiss economist and policy adviser

• Jens Weidmann (born 1968), German economist and central banker

• Burton Weisbrod (born 1931), American economist and academic

• Mark Weisbrot (living), American economist and writer

• Thomas J. Weiss (born 1942), American economist and academic

• Martin Weitzman (1942–2019), American economist and academic

• Richard Werner (born 1967), German/English banker and economist

• Brian Wesbury (born 1958), American macroeconomist and forecaster

• Richard Whately (1787–1863), English philosopher and economist

• Edward Lawrence Wheelwright (1921–2007), Australian economist and radio host

• Halbert White (1950–2012), American economist and academic

• Knut Wicksell (1851–1926), Swedish economist

• Philip H Wicksteed (1844–1927), English economist and theologian

• Friedrich von Wieser (1851–1926), Austrian economist

• Clair Wilcox (1898–1970), American economist

• John Williamson (1937–2021), English/American economist

• Oliver E. Williamson (1932–2020), American economist and academic

• Walter E. Williams (1936–2020), American economist and academic

• Ulrich Witt (born 1946), German economist and academic

• Charles Wolf, Jr (1924–2016), American economic adviser and researcher

• Martin Wolf (born 1946), English writer on economics

• Arnold Wolfers (1892–1968), Swiss/American economist and lawyer

• Justin Wolfers (born 1972), Australian economist and public policy expert

• Edward Wolff (born 1946), American economist and academic

• Richard D. Wolff (born 1942), American Marxian economist

• Myrna Wooders (born 1950), Canadian economist and game theorist

• Michael Dean Woodford (born 1955), American macroeconomist and monetary theorist

• Jeffrey Wooldridge (born 1960), American econometrician

• Lawrence Wong Shyun Tsai (黄循财, born 1972), Singaporean economist and politician

• Holbrook Working (1895–1985), American economist and statistician

• Stephen T. Worland (1923–2017, American economist and economic historian

• L. Randall Wray (born 1953), American economist and academic

• Simon Wren-Lewis (living), English economist and economic policy expert

• Gavin Wright (born 1943), American economic historian

• Philip Green Wright (1861–1934), American economist and econometrician

• Randall Wright (born 1956), Canadian macroeconomist

• Wu Jinglian (吴敬琏, born 1940), Chinese economist

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 * Xenophon (c. 430–354 BCE), Ancient Greek, author of Oeconomicus

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• Menahem Yaari (born 1935), Israeli economist

• Basil Yamey (1919–2020), S African economist

• Xiaokai Yang (杨小凯, 1948–2004), Chinese/Australian economist and analyst

• Janet Yellen (born 1946), American economist and policy-maker

• Allyn Abbott Young (1876–1929), American/British economist and statistician

• Alwyn Young (living), English economist and academic

• Arthur Young (1741–1820), English agriculturalist

• Peyton Young (born 1945), American game theorist and economist

• Yu Guangyuan (于光遠, 1915–2013), Chinese economist and philosopher

• Linda Yueh (born 1977), Taiwanese/American economist and broadcaster

• Muhammad Yunus (born 1940), Indian/Bangladeshi entrepreneur and economist

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• Richard Zeckhauser (born 1940), American economist and academic

• Zeine Ould Zeidane (born 1966), Mauritanian economist and politician

• Milan Zeleny (born 1942), Czechoslovak/American politician

• Arnold Zellner (1927–2010), American economist and statistician

• Yves Zenou (living), French/Swedish economist and academic

• Zhang Weiying (张维迎, born 1959), Chinese economist and academic

• Zhou Xiaochuan (周小川, born 1948), Chinese economist and banking official

• Jeffrey Zients (born 1966), American business executive and government official

• Fabrizio Zilibotti (born 1964), Italian/American economist and academic

• Luigi Zingales (born 1963), Italian economist and finance professor

• Xenophon Zolotas (1904–2004), Greek economist and prime minister