Maurice Obstfeld
Maurice Obstfeld · Philosophy & Social Sciences
International macroeconomist; IMF chief economist; von Neumann Award (2003)
1952
United States
Maurice Obstfeld is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — International macroeconomist; IMF chief economist; von Neumann Award (2003)
Obstfeld is a leading international macroeconomist, co-author of a standard graduate textbook on open-economy macroeconomics, who served as chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (2015–2018) and on the US Council of Economic Advisers; he received the John von Neumann Award in 2003. Born in 1952 into a Jewish family, he is a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley. His research shaped modern understanding of exchange rates and global capital flows.
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International macroeconomist; IMF chief economist; von Neumann Award (2003)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the John von Neumann Award
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