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Economics & Business

Victor Fuchs

Who

Victor Fuchs · Economics & Business

What

Economist

When

1924, New York City, United States — 2023, Stanford, California, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Victor Fuchs is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Economist

How & why

Victor Fuchs was an American economist at Stanford widely regarded as a founder of the field of health economics, whose 1974 book Who Shall Live? framed how societies allocate scarce health-care resources and shaped decades of policy debate. He also studied labor markets, gender and the economics of aging. He was Jewish, born in New York City.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Economists

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Economist

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Economists