Arthur Okun
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| Occupation | Economist |
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Arthur Melvin "Art" Okun was an American economist.
He is known for his stating of Okun’s Law which says that for every 2 percent that real gross domestic product (GDP) falls below its trend, there will be a 1 percent increase in the unemployment rate.[1] Okun discovered the law while he was a senior economist with President John F. Kennedy's Council of Economic Advisers (CEA).[2]
He also coined the term “misery index” in the 1960s. It was the sum of the unemployment rate and inflation at any given time.[3]
He died unexpectedly from a heart attack on March 23, 1980, in Washington D.C., at the age of 51.[4]
Background[edit]
- US Council of Economic Advisers Member (1964-69),Chairman (1968-69)
- US Council of Economic Advisers Staffer (1961-62)
- Brookings Institution Senior Fellow (1969-80)
Education[edit]
- University: BA, Columbia University (1949)
- University: PhD, Columbia University (1956)
- Professor: Yale University
References[edit]
- ↑ Okun’s Law and the Unemployment Surprise of 2009. Federal Reserve Bank Of San Francisco.
- ↑ Arthur Okun - Biography. Yale.
- ↑ A New ‘Misery Index’. New York Times.
- ↑ Arthur M. Okun 1928-1980. Brookings.