The career of the late Paul Samuelson is well described in this obituary.
Category: Economics
WIllem Buiter has had a varied career in academia and government service. Most recently, he has been a prominent economics blogger via the Maverecon site (hosted by the FT). The Maverecon blog is now ceasing, since he has a new job as chief economist at Citi. See the announcement here.
To get a sense of the perceived influence of economics on global thinking, it is worth looking at Foreign Policy magazine’s list of 100 most influential thinkers. An economist beats Obama to first place. Other economists who rank highly include Thaler and Sunstein at number 7, Robert Shiller at number 22, William Easterly at 39, Paul Collier at 36 and Esther Duflo at 41. Others on the list include Stiglitz, Ostrom (we claim her now!), Stern, Roubini, Sachs, Krugman, Posner, Sen, Buiter, Oster.
The crisis has led to a new wave of interest in research that seeks to add financial realism to macroeconomic models: this WSJ article provides an interesting overview.
You can find the presentations and related materials at the conference page here.
Further notes and video will be posted soon.