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Wassily Leontief
DefinitionWassily Wassilyevich Leontief, was a Russian-American economist known for his research on input-output analysis and how changes in one economic sector may affect other...
Generation Gap
What is a 'Generation Gap' A generation gap consists of the differences in opinions expressed by members of two different generations. More...
George A. Akerlof
Who is George Akerlof
George A. Akerlof is an American economist who won the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He is a University...
David Ricardo
DefinitionDavid Ricardo was a British political economist, one of the most influential of the classical economists along with Thomas Malthus, Adam Smith and James...
Umberto Agnelli
DefinitionUmberto Agnelli was an Italian industrialist and politician. He was the third son of Virginia Agnelli and of Edoardo Agnelli, and the youngest brother...
John Elkann
DefinitionJohn Philip Jacob Elkann is an Italian industrialist. He was the chosen heir of his grandfather Gianni Agnelli, and chairs and controls the automaker...
John A. Allison IV
What is 'John A. Allison IV' A former chairman and CEO of BB&T Corporation, a North Carolina-based financial holding company, from 1989...
Jean-Baptiste Say
DefinitionJean-Baptiste Say was a French economist and businessman. He had classically liberal views and argued in favor of competition, free trade, and lifting restraints...
James M. Buchanan Jr.
DefinitionJames McGill Buchanan Jr. was an American economist known for his work on public choice theory, for which he received the Nobel Memorial Prize...
Jerry A. Hausman
DefinitionJerry Allen Hausman is the John and Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a notable econometrician. He...