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Robert Mundell

Father of the euro and Nobel laureate in economics

Mundell died on April 4, 2021, at his home in Italy from cholangiocarcinoma.[1][2] Robert Alexander Mundell, a Canadian economist, received the 1999 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.[3] Mundell is credited with being the intellectual father of the euro and a founder of supply-side economics.[4][2]

Quick Facts

School of thought
Supply-side economics
Birth name
Robert Alexander Mundell
Born
24 October 1932
Birthplace
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Died
4 April 2021
Place of death
Siena, Tuscany, Italy
Field
Monetary economics
Doctoral advisor
Charles Kindleberger

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

He completed high school in British Columbia, where he participated in boxing and chess.[5] From 1966 to 1971 he was a professor of economics at the University of Chicago and editor of the Journal of Political Economy.[6] He was an adviser to the United Nations, the IMF, the World Bank, and the European Commission.[6] At the University of British Columbia, Mundell obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree with a focus on economics and Russian.[7]

Starting in 1974, Mundell served as an economics professor at Columbia University.[6]

What the cited sources add

The Washington Examiner reported that Mundell, along with Arthur Laffer, developed supply-side economics in the 1970s.[2] Mundell's biography notes he was a member of the Bellagio-Princeton Study Group on International Monetary Reform from 1964 to 1978.[6] The same biography lists that he received the Jacques Rueff Medal and Prize in 1983.[6] Greg Palast's 2012 Guardian article affirms that Mundell advocated for the euro to remove democratic control over monetary policy.[8][9]

Palast also wrote that Mundell explained the euro forces fiscal discipline on politicians.[8] In 2004, a Chinese news source announced the inauguration of the Mundell International University of Entrepreneurship, located in Beijing and bearing his name.[10]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Robert Mundell" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Domitrovic, "The Zeus Of Economics Has Died", Forbes; Redburn, "Robert A. Mundell, a Father of the Euro and Reaganomics, Dies at 88", The New York Times, April 5, 2021; "Addio a Robert Mundell, premio Nobel per l'economia", ANSA, 2021; Redburn, "Robert A. Mundell, a Father of the Euro and Reaganomics, Dies at 88", The New York Times, 2021-04-05 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. "Robert Mundell, the intellectual father of supply-side economics, is dead at 88", Washington Examiner, 2021-04-05. facts only, no text reused. washingtonexaminer.com
  3. Wikipedia, "Robert Mundell" (CC BY-SA 4.0) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Robert Mundell" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Economist Mundell: Odds of Greek Euro Exit 25%", WSJ; Halaschak, "Robert Mundell, the intellectual father of supply-side economics, is dead at 88", Washington Examiner, April 5, 2021 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Robert Mundell" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Moran, "Robert Mundell, Canadian-born Nobel laureate who inspired the euro, dies at 88", Financial Post, April 5, 2021; Redburn, "Robert A. Mundell, a Father of the Euro and Reaganomics, Dies at 88", The New York Times, 2021-04-05; Hagerty, "Robert Mundell Helped Inspire U.S. Tax Cuts and the Euro", The Wall Street Journal, 2021-04-09; Hagerty, "Robert Mundell Helped Inspire U.S. Tax Cuts and the Euro", The Wall Street Journal, 2021-04-09 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. "Biography | The Works of Robert Mundell", Robertmundell.net, June 24, 2010. facts only, no text reused. robertmundell.net
  7. Wikipedia, "Robert Mundell" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Redburn, "Robert A. Mundell, a Father of the Euro and Reaganomics, Dies at 88", The New York Times, 2021-04-05; Redburn, "Robert A. Mundell, a Father of the Euro and Reaganomics, Dies at 88", The New York Times, 2021-04-05 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Palast, "Robert Mundell, evil genius of the euro Greg Palast", The Guardian, 2012-06-26. facts only, no text reused. theguardian.com
  9. Wikipedia, "Robert Mundell" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Palast, "Robert Mundell, evil genius of the euro Greg Palast", The Guardian, 2012-06-26 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  10. "University Named After 'Father of the Euro' Inaugurated", english.china.org.cn, 2004-10-29. facts only, no text reused. english.china.org.cn

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