1. Arthur Laffer (1940)

American Economist

Economist known for his tax revenue theory called the Laffer Curve, which he discusses in the books he has written. He was a prominent member of Reagan's Economic Policy Advisory...

2. William Baumol (1922)

American Economist

Prominent economist and NYU professor who became a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1971. 

3. Murray Rothbard (1926)

American Economist

Known for his 1962 work Man, Economy, and State, this political and historical author and economist is also recognized for his contributions to the Libertarian political philosophy. He was involved...

4. Alan Greenspan (1926)

American Economist

American economist who served as Chairman of the Federal Reserve of the United States from 1987 to 2006. His memoir, entitled, The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World,...

5. Gary Becker (1930)

American Economist

Known for his work in the fields of social and family economics, this University of Chicago professor received the 1992 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences as well as the...

6. Thomas Sowell (1930)

American Economist

Conservative African-American author and columnist known for his books and articles on economics and American culture. His numerous literary honors include the Francis Boyer Award, the National Humanities Medal, and...

7. Jeffrey Sachs (1954)

American Economist

An economics expert and Columbia University professor, he authored three New York Times bestselling books. His popular works include The End of Poverty (2005), Common Wealth (2008), and The Price...

8. Austan Goolsbee (1969)

American Economist

Economist and academic who served as the Chairman of President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers from 2010 to 2011.

9. Rosabeth Moss Kanter (1943)

American Economist

Harvard Business School professor and Doctor of Sociology whose business research led her to publish a popular theory of management. She was ranked number 11 in a 2002 study of...

10. Gene Sperling (1958)

American Economist

Lawyer and political figure who became the Director of the National Economic Council for President Barack Obama in 2011. He was also an economic adviser for Hilary Clinton during her campaign for...

11. James Heckman (1944)

American Economist

Economics professor who won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2000 for his influential work in the fields of econometrics and microeconomics. He is author of more than three...

12. Lawrence Kudlow (1947)

American Economist

Newspaper columnist who hosted The Kudlow Report on CNBC.

13. Peter R. Orszag (1968)

American Economist

Economist who has held many high-profile positions including Vice Chairman of Corporate and Investment Banking at Citigroup and Director of the Congressional Budget Office.

14. Ben Bernanke (1953)

American Economist

14th Chairperson of the Federal Reserve. He replaced Alan Greenspan in 2006 as one of the foremost economic leaders of the United States. His controversial handling of the financial crisis of 2008...

15. Ted Snyder (economist) (Unknow)

American Economist

Edward A. Ted Snyder is currently Dean of Yale School of Management.

16. Theodore Schultz (1902)

American Economist

Theodore William Schultz was an American economist who was the 1979 winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

17. Anna Schwartz (1915)

American Economist

Anna Jacobson Schwartz was an American economist at the National Bureau of Economic Research in New York City and according to Paul Krugman one of the world's greatest monetary scholars....

18. Douglas Holtz-Eakin (1958)

American Economist

Douglas J. Doug Holtz-Eakin is an American economist. He is a former professor former Director of the Congressional Budget Office and former chief economic policy adviser to U. S. Senator...

19. David Romer (1958)

American Economist

David Romer is the Herman Royer Professor of Political Economy at the University of California Berkeley the author of a standard textbook in graduate macroeconomics as well as many influential...

20. Charles L. Evans (1958)

American Economist

Charles L. Evans is the ninth president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. In that capacity he serves on the Federal Open Market Committee the...

21. Brian Wesbury (1958)

American Economist

Brian S. Wesbury is an American economist focusing on macroeconomics and economic forecasting. He is the economics editor and a monthly contributor for The American Spectator a conservative political magazine...

22. Carlos A. Vegh (1958)

American Economist

Carlos A. Végh is an Uruguayan academic economist. He is currently Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He...

23. Barbara Bergmann (1927)

American Economist

Barbara Bergmann is an economist. Her work covers many topics from childcare and women’s issues to poverty and Social Security. For many years Bergmann has been a recognized feminist economist...

24. James M. Poterba (1958)

American Economist

James Michael Jim Poterba is an American economist Mitsui Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and current NBER president and chief executive officer.

25. Henry Rosovsky (1927)

American Economist

Henry Rosovsky is an economic historian specializing in East Asia and Harvard University administrator. From 1973 to 1984 and 1990 to 1991 Rosovsky served as the Dean of the Faculty...

26. Harry Markowitz (1927)

American Economist

Harry Max Markowitz is an American economist and a recipient of the 1989 John von Neumann Theory Prize and the 1990 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Markowitz is a...

27. John Y. Campbell (1958)

American Economist

John Young Campbell is a British-American economist. He is the Morton L. and Carole S. Olshan Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics at Harvard University.

28. Glenn Hubbard (economist) (1958)

American Economist

Robert Glenn Hubbard is an American economist and academic professor. He is currently the Dean of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business where he is also Russell L. Carson...

29. Nouriel Roubini (1958)

American Economist

Nouriel Roubini is an American economist. He anticipated the collapse of the United States housing market and the worldwide recession which started in 2008. He teaches at New York University's...

30. Greg Mankiw (1958)

American Economist

Nicholas Gregory Mankiw is an American macroeconomist and Chairman and Professor of Economics at Harvard University. Mankiw is best known in academia for his work on New Keynesian economics. From...

31. Ronald W. Jones (1931)

American Economist

Ronald Winthrop Ron Jones is an influential international trade economist and Xerox Professor of Economics at the University of Rochester. His recent highly acclaimed book Globalization and the Theory of...

32. Alice Rivlin (1931)

American Economist

Alice Mitchell Rivlin is an economist is a former U. S. Cabinet official and an expert on the U. S. federal budget. She has served as the Vice Chairman of...

33. Burton Malkiel (1932)

American Economist

Burton Gordon Malkiel is an American economist and writer most famous for his classic finance book A Random Walk Down Wall Street.

34. Anne Osborn Krueger (1934)

American Economist

Anne Osborn Krueger is an American economist. She was the World Bank Chief Economist from 1982 to 1986 and the first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund from...

35. George Reisman (1937)

American Economist

George Gerald Reisman is an American economist and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Pepperdine University. He is the author of The Government Against the Economy which was praised by both...

36. Eugene Fama (1939)

American Economist

Eugene Francis Gene Fama is an American economist and Nobel laureate in Economics known for his work on portfolio theory and asset pricing both theoretical and empirical. He is currently...

37. Hugo F. Sonnenschein (1940)

American Economist

Hugo Freund Sonnenschein is a prominent American economist and educational administrator. Currently the Adam Smith Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago his specialty is microeconomic theory...

38. C. Fred Bergsten (1941)

American Economist

C. Fred Bergsten is an American economist author and political adviser. He has previously served as assistant for international economic affairs to Henry Kissinger within the National Security Council and...

39. Martin Weitzman (1942)

American Economist

Martin Lawrence Marty Weitzman is an economist and a Professor of Economics at Harvard University. He is among the most influential economists in the world according to IDEAS/RePEc. His current...

40. Richard B. Freeman (1943)

American Economist

Richard Barry Freeman is one of the leading labor economists in North America. The Herbert Ascherman Professor of Economics at Harvard University and Co-Director of the Labor and Worklife Program...

41. E. Roy Weintraub (1943)

American Economist

Eliot Roy Weintraub is an American mathematician economist and since 1976 professor of economics at Duke University. He was born in 1943 in New York City. Weintraub has published numerous...

42. Richard L. Schmalensee (1944)

American Economist

Richard Lee Dick Schmalensee is the John C. Head III Dean Emeritus and the Howard W. Johnson Professor of Management and Economics Emeritus at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

43. Nicholas C. Yannelis (1953)

American Economist

Nicholas C. Yannelis is the current editor of Economic Theory. He obtained his PhD at the University of Rochester under the direction of Lionel McKenzie. He is also the Commerce...

44. Lawrence Reed (1953)

American Economist

Lawrence W. Reed is president of the Foundation for Economic Education offices in Irvington-on-Hudson New York and Atlanta Georgia a position he has held since September 1 2008. Before...

45. Sanford J. Grossman (1953)

American Economist

Sanford Sandy Jay Grossman is an American economist and hedge fund manager specializing in quantitative finance. Grossman’s research has spanned the analysis of information in securities markets corporate structure property...

46. Morton O. Schapiro (1953)

American Economist

Morton Morty Owen Schapiro is an American economist and the current president of Northwestern University in Evanston Illinois. Schapiro received a B. S. in economics from Hofstra University in 1975...

47. Fred Foldvary (1946)

American Economist

Emanuel Foldvary is a lecturer in economics at San Jose State University California and a research fellow at The Independent Institute. He previously taught at Santa Clara University and other...

48. Thomas M. Hoenig (1946)

American Economist

Thomas Michael Hoenig is vice chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. He became a director on April 16 2012. From 1991 to 2011 he served as the eighth chief...

49. Charles P. Oman (1948)

American Economist

Charles P. Oman is an American economist. He works for the OECD Development Centre in Paris where he has been doing research work since 1978. He has published widely in...

50. Charles A. Holt (1948)

American Economist

Charles A. Holt is a behavioral economist the A. Willis Robertson Professor of Political Economy at the University of Virginia. Among others he has written the textbook Markets Games &...