William Nordhaus
American economist and Nobel Laureate (born 1941)
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- William Dawbney Nordhaus (born May 31, 1941) is an American economist.
- Nordhaus received the prize "for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis".
- Nordhaus, who co-founded the Sandia Peak Tramway.
- Nordhaus graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover and subsequently received his BA and MA from Yale in 1963 and 1972, respectively, where he was a member of Skull and Bones.
- He was a visiting fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge in 1970–1971.
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WikipediaWilliam Dawbney Nordhaus (born May 31, 1941) is an American economist. He was a Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University, best known for his work in economic modeling and climate change, and a co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Nordhaus received the prize "for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis".
Nordhaus was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the son of Virginia (Riggs) and Robert J. Nordhaus, who co-founded the Sandia Peak Tramway. Robert J. Nordhaus was from a German Jewish family – his father Max Nordhaus (1865–1936) had immigrated from Paderborn in 1883, and became a manager of The Charles Ilfeld Company branch in Albuquerque.
Nordhaus graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover and subsequently received his BA and MA from Yale in 1963 and 1972, respectively, where he was a member of Skull and Bones. He also holds a Certificate from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques (1962) and a PhD from MIT (1967). He was a visiting fellow of Clare Hall, Cambridge in 1970–1971. He has been a member of the faculty at Yale since 1967, in both the Economics department and the School of the Environment. Nordhaus also served as its Provost from 1986 to 1988 and its vice president for finance and administration from 1992 to 1993. He has been on the Brookings Panel on Economic Activity since 1972. During the Carter administration, from 1977 to 1979, Nordhaus was a member of the Council of Economic Advisers.
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