Michael Mussa | |
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Born |
Los Angeles, California |
April 15, 1944
Died | January 15, 2012 Washington, D.C. |
(aged 67)
Nationality | American |
Institution | International Monetary Fund, Council of Economic Advisers, Peterson Institute for International Economics, National Bureau of Economic Research, University of Chicago, University of Rochester |
Field |
International economics, Macroeconomics, Monetary economics |
Alma mater |
University of Chicago (M.A.) 1970, (Ph.D.) 1974 University of California (B.A.) 1966 |
Awards | Adam Smith Award 2008 |
Michael Louis Mussa (April 15, 1944 – January 15, 2012) was an American economist and academic. He was chief economist at the International Monetary Fund from 1991 to 2001, and was a member of the Council of Economic Advisers from 1986 to 1988. He was also a Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics from 2001 until his death in 2012.