Dr. Arnold Harberger

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Biography

Arnold C. Harberger is the Gustavus F. Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago's Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics. He served the University from 1953, enjoying a distinguished career that began after earning his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1950. Harberger is a prominent scholar, focusing on various economic issues including inflation syndrome, distributional weights, and the integration of non-economic considerations in economic analysis. His work often emphasizes taxation and international capital flows, exploring the interactions and comparisons of capital return rates across different nations. He has been recognized with numerous accolades, such as being elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society in 1967, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1972, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1992. Additionally, he served as President of the American Economic Association from 1997 to 1998 and received the Bradley Prize for Outstanding Achievement in 2009.

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Department of Philosophy