John von Neumann Award (social sciences)
Jewish recipients of the John von Neumann Award (social sciences) documented in the ThankJews directory. Jews are about 39% of all recipients — while making up roughly 0.2% of the world's population.
12 documented recipients
John Harsanyi1920
Nobel laureate (1994) who developed the theory of games with incomplete information
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Economics
János Kornai1928
Economist known for his analysis of shortage economies and the failures of centrally planned socialism
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Economics
Maurice Obstfeld2003
International macroeconomist; IMF chief economist; von Neumann Award (2003)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the John von Neumann Award
Gary Becker1992
Economic Analysis of Human Behavior
Source: Nobel Prize Economics 1992
Matthew Rabin2001
Founder of formal behavioral economics; Clark Medal (2001), von Neumann Award (2006)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the John Bates Clark Medal
Philippe Aghion2025
French economist of innovation-driven growth; Nobel laureate (2025); von Neumann Award (2009)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the John von Neumann Award
Joshua Angrist1960
Nobel laureate (2021) who pioneered the use of natural experiments to draw causal conclusions in labor economics
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Economics
Olivier Blanchard2012
French macroeconomist; IMF chief economist; von Neumann Award (2012)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the John von Neumann Award
Kenneth Arrow1972
General Equilibrium Theory
Source: Nobel Prize Economics 1972
Alvin Roth2012
Theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design
Source: Jinfo.org / Nobel Prize Economics 2012
Richard Thaler2017
Contributions to behavioral economics
Source: Jinfo.org / Nobel Prize Economics 2017
Dani Rodrik2018
Economist of globalization and development; von Neumann Award (2018)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the John von Neumann Award