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Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Profiles of Interesting Economists

Anne Case: The Longevity Economist
https://www.imf.org/-/media/Files/Publications/Fandd/Article/2024/12/PIE.ashx
Gary Seidman profiles Princeton’s Anne Case, who studies the intersection of health and economics
 
Gabriel Zucman: Scourge of the Rich
https://www.imf.org/-/media/Files/Publications/Fandd/Article/2024/09/PIE-productivity.ashx
Prakash Loungani profiles Berkeley’s Gabriel Zucman, a strong advocate for higher taxes on the most affluent
 
Zhu Min: The Internationalist Economist
https://www.imf.org/-/media/Files/Publications/Fandd/Article/2024/06/People-Economics-June24.ashx
Henny Sender profiles Zhu Min, China’s “international civil servant” who builds bridges with the West
 
Betsey Stevenson: The Accessibility Economist
https://www.imf.org/-/media/Files/Publications/Fandd/Article/2024/03/PIE0324.ashx
Bob Simison profiles the University of Michigan’s Betsey Stevenson, a leader in the movement to rethink economics
 
Lawrence F. Katz: The Inequality Economist
https://www.imf.org/-/media/Files/Publications/Fandd/Article/2023/December/66-69-people-in-economics-final.ashx
Bob Simison profiles Harvard’s Lawrence F. Katz, whose research changed economists’ understanding of economic disparity