Economists for Peace and Security

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Economists for Peace and Security

ORGANIZATION

"An organization of economists, other social scientists, and citizens concerned about issues of peace, conflict, war, and the world economy."

Board of Directors as of October 2006: Chairman James K. Galbraith, Vice Chairman Michael D. Intriligator, Vice Chairman Richard F. Kaufman, Treasurer John Tepper Marlin, Secretary Lucy Law Webster, Clark Abt, Alan Harper, Richard Parker, Allen Sinai, Former Executive Director Thea Harvey.

Trustees as of October 2006: George A. Akerlof, Oscar Arias Sanchez, Kenneth J. Arrow, William J. Baumol, Barbara Bergmann, Andrew Brimmer, Sir Clive Granger, Sir Richard Jolly, Walter Isard, Lawrence R. Klein, Daniel L. McFadden, Robert McNamara, Douglass C. North, Robert Reich, Robert J. Schwartz, Amartya Sen, William F. Sharpe, Robert M. Solow, Joseph Stiglitz, Janet L. Yellen.

Fellows as of October 2006: George Benjamin Bingham, Jurgen Brauer, Kate Cell, Manas Chatterji, Lloyd J. Dumas, Isabelle Grunberg, Andrew S. C. Ehrenberg, Dietrich Fischer, Donna Katzin, Inge Kaul, Ann Markusen, Stanley Sheinbaum, John Steinbruner, Lester Thurow, Susan Willett.

Official Website:
http://www.epsusa.org/

Founding Date:
1989

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Kenneth J. Arrow Economist 23-Aug-1921 Social Choice and Individual Values

Andrew Brimmer Economist 13-Sep-1926 7-Oct-2012 Federal Reserve Governor, 1966-74

James K. Galbraith Scholar 29-Jan-1952 Economics Professor at UT-Austin

Lawrence R. Klein Economist 14-Sep-1920 20-Oct-2013 Macroeconometric modeling

Daniel L. McFadden Economist 29-Jul-1937 Statistical analysis of individual and household behavior

Robert McNamara Government 9-Jun-1916 6-Jul-2009 US Secretary of Defense, 1961-68

Douglass C. North Economist 5-Nov-1920 23-Nov-2015 Cliometrics

Robert Reich Government 24-Jun-1946 US Secretary of Labor, 1993-97

Oscar Arias Sanchez Head of State 13-Sep-1941 President of Costa Rica

Amartya Sen Economist 3-Nov-1933 Poverty and Famines

William F. Sharpe Economist 16-Jun-1934 Capital asset pricing model

Robert M. Solow Economist 23-Aug-1924 Theory of economic growth

Joseph Stiglitz Economist 9-Feb-1943 Ex-Chief Economist of the World Bank

Lester Thurow Economist 7-May-1938 Sloan School of Management

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