Dale W. Jorgenson
American economist
Dale Weldeau Jorgenson (May 7, 1933 – June 8, 2022) was an American economist. He was the Samuel W. Morris University Professor at Harvard University. He also taught at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. He was Chairman of the Department of Economics from 1994 to 1997. He was born in Bozeman, Montana. In 1978, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
Jorgenson supported carbon tax on greenhouse gas emissions as a means of reducing global warming.[1]
Jorgenson died on June 8, 2022 at a hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts from respiratory failure at the age of 89.[2]
References
change- ↑ Jorgenson, Dale; Yun, Kun-Young (2002). Investment, Vol. 3: Lifting the Burden: Tax Reform, the Cost of Capital, and U.S. Economic Growth (Hardcover ed.). The MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-10091-6.
- ↑ Hagerty, James R. (2022-06-10). "Harvard Economist Dale Jorgenson Found Better Ways to Gauge Productivity". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on 2022-06-10. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
Other websites
change- Harvard biography
- Senate article
- SAST REPORT: a candid conversation with economist Dale W. Jorgenson about his tax reform proposal
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