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
Analysis of games of incomplete information (1967–1968), a foundation of the economics of information; Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences 1994
Source: Wikipedia — John Harsanyi / NobelPrize.org Economic Sciences 1994
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
Economist who, with Peter Howitt, built the model of growth through creative destruction (1992); John von Neumann Award 2009; Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences 2025
Source: Wikipedia — Philippe Aghion / NobelPrize.org — Philippe Aghion, Facts
Joshua Angrist1960
Economist who, with Guido Imbens, showed what natural experiments can reveal about cause and effect, and used them to measure the effects of schooling, class size and military service; Nobel Memorial…
Source: Wikipedia — Joshua Angrist / NobelPrize.org Economic Sciences 2021
Olivier Blanchard2012
French macroeconomist; IMF chief economist; von Neumann Award (2012)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the John von Neumann Award
Kenneth Arrow1972
Economist who proved the impossibility theorem of social choice and, with Gérard Debreu, the existence of a general equilibrium in a competitive economy; Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences 1972
Source: Wikipedia — Kenneth Arrow / NobelPrize.org Economic Sciences 1972
Alvin Roth2012
Theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design
Source: Jinfo.org / Nobel Prize Economics 2012
Richard Thaler2017
Founder of behavioural economics — mental accounting, the endowment effect, fairness and self-control — and co-author of Nudge (2008); Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences 2017
Source: Wikipedia — Richard Thaler / NobelPrize.org Economic Sciences 2017
Dani Rodrik2018
Economist of globalization and development; von Neumann Award (2018)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the John von Neumann Award