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Robert Eisner

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Robert Eisner · Economics & Business

What

Economist

When

1922, Brooklyn, New York, United States — 1998, Evanston, Illinois, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Robert Eisner is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Economist

How & why

Robert Eisner was an American macroeconomist at Northwestern University and a president of the American Economic Association, known for his Keynesian analyses of budget deficits, investment, and national income accounting. He argued influentially that conventional deficit measures overstated the burden of public debt. Eisner was Jewish, born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Economists