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Joseph Pechman

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Joseph Pechman · Economics & Business

What

Economist

When

1918, New York City, United States — 1989, Washington, D.C., United States

Where

United States

Biography

Joseph Pechman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Economist

How & why

Pechman was an American economist and the leading tax-policy expert of his era, long director of economic studies at the Brookings Institution. His empirical analyses of who really bears the burden of taxes, and his advocacy for a broad, simple and equitable tax base, shaped decades of U.S. tax reform debate. He was a president of the American Economic Association. He was Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Economists