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Hugo Sonnenschein

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Hugo Sonnenschein · Economics & Business

What

Economist

When

1940, New York City, United States — 2021, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Hugo Sonnenschein is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Economist

How & why

Sonnenschein was an American economist best known for the Sonnenschein–Mantel–Debreu theorem on the limits of general-equilibrium demand theory, and as an academic leader who served as president of the University of Chicago. His theoretical work profoundly influenced microeconomic theory. He was born to a Jewish family and was Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Economists