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Economics & Business

Otto Eckstein

Who

Otto Eckstein · Economics & Business

What

Economist

When

1927, Ulm, Germany — 1984, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Where

Germany · United States

Biography

Otto Eckstein is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Economist

How & why

Otto Eckstein was a German-American economist who coined the term 'core inflation,' served on the U.S. Council of Economic Advisers, and co-founded Data Resources Inc., a pioneer of large-scale economic forecasting. Born into a Jewish family in Ulm, he fled Nazi Germany as a boy; he was of documented Jewish origin. He was a longtime Harvard professor.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Economists

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Economist

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Economists