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Morris Adelman

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Morris Adelman · Economics & Business

What

Economist

When

1917, New York City, United States — 2014, Newton, Massachusetts, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Morris Adelman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Economist

How & why

Morris Albert Adelman was an MIT economist regarded as a founder of modern petroleum and energy economics, arguing that oil is an economic rather than a physical scarcity and analysing the world oil market in landmark works such as 'The World Petroleum Market'. His ideas shaped decades of energy-policy debate. Born to a Jewish family, he was Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Economists

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Economists