Arthur Burns
Arthur Burns · Economics & Business
Chaired the Federal Reserve (1970–78) after long leadership of the NBER and pioneering work on business cycles; later US ambassador to West Germany
1904, Stanislau, Austria-Hungary (now Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine) — 1987, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
United States (Columbia University and Washington, D.C.)
Arthur Burns is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Chaired the Federal Reserve (1970–78) after long leadership of the NBER and pioneering work on business cycles; later US ambassador to West Germany
Arthur F. Burns was an American economist who chaired the Federal Reserve in the 1970s and pioneered the empirical study of business cycles. Born to a Jewish family in Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine) and emigrating to the United States as a child, he became one of the most influential economic policymakers of his era.
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Chaired the Federal Reserve (1970–78) after long leadership of the NBER and pioneering work on business cycles; later US ambassador to West Germany
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Economists
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