Feb 24 2010
Dr. Edward C. Prescott
Joint Nobel Prize Winner in Economics, 2004
Dr. Edward Prescott was awarded the Nobel Prize for contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles. He is currently working as an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and a Professor at Arizona State University’s W.P. Carey School of Business. His work has altered the course of macroeconomic thinking in the past three decades.
“Edward Prescott is a major figure in macroeconomics, especially the theories of business cycles and general equilibrium”
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