Jacob Viner

Tags: Economist.

Jacob Viner (May 3 1892 – September 12 1970) was a Canadian economist and is considered with Frank Knight and Henry Simons to be one of the inspiring mentors of the early Chicago School of Economics in the 1930s: he was one of the leading figures of the Chicago faculty.

alma mater

Harvard University, McGill University

birth date

1892-05-03

birth place

Montreal

death date

1970-09-12

death place

Princeton New Jersey

field

Economics

influenced

Milton Friedman, George Stigler

influenced by

Frank Knight, Frank William Taussig

institution

Princeton University, University of Chicago

nationality

Canadians