Moses Abramovitz

Moses Abramovitz
Moses Abramovitz
Born January 1, 1912(1912-01-01)
Brooklyn, New York
Died December 1, 2000(2000-12-01)
Residence U.S.
Nationality American
Fields Economics
Institutions Stanford University
Alma mater Harvard University and Columbia University
Known for Economic history

Moses Abramovitz (January 1, 1912 – December 1, 2000) was an American economist. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He studied economics at Harvard University and earned a doctorate at Columbia University. In 1945 and 1946, he was economic adviser to the United States representative on the Allied Reparations Commission. He also was one of the founding faculty of the Department of Economics at Stanford University, which he joined in the fall of 1948. Abramovitz’s 1986 journal article entitled Catching up, Forging Ahead and Falling Behind is the second most-cited among all the papers published by the Journal of Economic History as of 2006.


Abramovitz was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1960.[1] He was married to Carrie Glasser from 1937 until her death in 1999. She was an internationally recognized painter and sculptor. They had one son together, Joel.

Publications

Selected publications in chronological order:

References

  1. ^ "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter A". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf. Retrieved 20 March 2011. 

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