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Preface The Economics Nobel Prize at a Glance The Nobel Prize in Economics: A General Overview by Baker A. Siddiquee Ragnar Frisch (1895-1973): A Founding Father of Econometrics and a Laureate of 1969 by Abu N.M. Wahid Jan Tinbergen (1903-1994): Who Integrated Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, and Econometrics and Was a Laureate of 1969 by Mahabub-ul Islam Paul Samuelson (1915- ): An Economist of Economists and the Laureate of 1970 by Derek P.J. Hum Simon Kuznets (1901-1985): An Originator of the National Income Accounting Method and the Laureate of 1971 by Mahabub-ul Islam Kenneth Arrow (1921- ): The Father of the Arrow's Impossibility Theorem and a Laureate of 1972 by Shamim Shakur John Hicks (1904-1989): An Architect of the Famous IS-LM Framework and a Laureate of 1972 by Shamim Shakur Wassily Leontief (1906- ): The Founder of the Input-Output Analysis and the Laureate of 1973 by Lorenzo Garbo Friedrich Hayek (1899-1992): Who Combines Psychology, Physiology, Philosophy, and Economics and Was a Laureate of 1974 by Mosaddeq Chowdhury Gunnar Myrdal (1898-1987): An Economist, a Social Thinker, a Politician, and a Laureate of 1974 by S. Hussain Ali Jafri Leonid Kantorovich (1912-1986): A Pioneer of the Theory of Optimum Resource Allocation and a Laureate of 1975 by Khashruzzaman Choudhury Tjalling Koopmans (1910-1985): The Originator of The Activity Analysis and a Laureate of 1975 by Abul Hasnat Dewan Milton Freidman (1912- ): The Leader of the Monetarist School of Thought and the Laureate of 1976 by Muhammad Mustafa James Meade (1907-1995): A Pioneer of the Theory of the Second Best and a Laureate of 1977 by Khashruzzaman Choudhury Bertil Ohlin (1899-1979): A Co-founder of the Famous Heckscher-Ohlin Theorem of Factor Endowment and a Laureate of 1977 by Khashruzzaman Choudhury Herbert Simon (1916- ): One of the Most Versatile Talents and the Laureate of 1978 by Sajjad Zahir Arthur Lewis (1915-1991): The Founder of the Theory of Unlimited Supply of Labor and a Laureate of 1979 by Mohammed Sharif Theodore Schultz (1902-1998): An Expert on Agricultural Economics and Human Capital Theories and a Laureate of 1979 by Baker A. Siddequee and Faridul Islam Lawrence Klein (1920- ): A Giant of Econometric Modeling and the Laureate of 1980 by Akhter Faroque James Tobin (1918- ): An Architect of the Portfolio Selection Theory and the Laureate of 1981 by Abdur R. Chowdhury George Stigler (1911-1991): An Authority on the Economics of Regulations and Industrial Organization and the Laureate of 1982 by Mahbub Ullah Gerard Debreu (1921- ): A Brilliant Mathematician and a Frontiersman of the Theory of the Existence of Equilibrium and the Laureate of 1983 by Masudul A. Choudhury Richard Stone (1913-1991): A Specialist of the Consumer Demand Theories and Empirical Modeling and the Laureate of 1984 by Salah Uddin Ahmed Franco Modigliani (1918- ): A Founder of the Life Cycle Hypothesis and the Laureate of 1985 by Moazzem Hossain James Buchanan (1919- ): A Pioneer of Public Economics and the Laureate of 1986 by Minh Dao Robert Solow (1924- ): A Founder of the Modern Growth Theories and the Laureate of 1987 by M. Mak Arvin and Marisa A. Scigliano Maurice Allais (1911- ): An Applied Microtheorist and the Laureate of 1988 by Bruce Cater and A. Eric Kam Trygve Haavelmo (1911- 1999): A Founder of the Simultaneous Equations System and the Laureate of 1989 by Abu N.M. Wahid Harru Markowitz (1927- ): A Founding Father of the Modern Portfolio Theory and a Laureate of 1990 by John M. Hasty Merton Miller (1923-2000): A Guru of Corporate Finance and a Laureate of 1990 by Syed Mahabub Harun and M. Kabir Hassan William Sharpe (1934- ): A Founder of the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and a Laureate of 1990 by Linda Carr Ronald Coase (1910- ): A Pioneer of the Economics of Property Rights and the Economics Law and the Laureate of 1991 by Saud A. Choudhry Gary Becker (1930- ): A Champion of the Economics of Household, Marriage, and Divorce and the Laureate of 1992 by Mobinul Huq Robert Fogel (1926- ): An Originator of "Cliometrics" and a Laureate of 1993 by Kenneth Sokoloff Douglass North (1920- ): A Forerunner of the Economics of Institutions, Contingencies, and Beliefs and a Laureate of 1993 by Norman Schofield John Harsanyi (1920-2000): A Master of Rational Behavior and Bargaining in Games and a Laureate of 1994 by Irwin Lipnowski John Nash (1928- ): A Discoverer of the Nash Equilibrium and a Laureate of 1994 by Halima Qureshi and Hasina Mohyuddin Reinnard Selten (1930- ): Who Refines the Concept of Equilibrium and Is a L

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An excellent guide to the lives and works of the 44 Nobel laureates in Economics from the award's 1969 inception through 1999.

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ABU N.M. WAHID is Professor of Economics and Finance at Tennessee State University's College of Business, Nashville.

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