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William Jack Baumol (February 26, 1922 – May 4, 2017) was an American economist. He was a professor of economics at New York University, Academic Director of the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University.
May 4, 2017 · William Baumol — an economist who just died at the age of 95 — had a famous idea, commonly known as Baumol’s cost disease, that explains a lot about our modern world.
- Timothy B. Lee
Will Baumol was a renowned economist and entrepreneurship scholar who taught at Princeton and NYU. He made significant contributions to various fields of economics, such as productivity, competition, environmental policy, and the arts.
WILLIAM J. BAUMOL Curriculum Vitae January 2012. Born February 26, 1922, New York, NY . Married, two children . BSS College of the City of New York, 1942 . Ph.D. University of London, 1949 . 1942-1943, 1946: Junior Economist, U.S. Department of Agriculture . 1947-1949: Assistant Lecturer, London School of Economics
May 10, 2017 · The disease that bears William J. Baumol’s name is not what led to his death on May 4 at age 95, but it is what cemented his legacy as one of the pre-eminent economists of the 20th century.
May 12, 2017 · Princeton University honors the late professor who made major contributions to industrial organization, welfare economics, environmental policy and the economics of the arts. He also coined the concept of Baumol's cost disease and mentored two future Princeton presidents.
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Aug 27, 2017 · When William Baumol passed away in May 2017, he left behind an intellectual legacy that is remarkable for its volume and longevity, its scope, the practical importance of some of the theories he developed, and its enduring value.
