Peter Diamond
1940
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
occupation: economist, university teacher, professor
award received: Guggenheim Fellowship, Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics, Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association, Fellow of the Econometric Society, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fisher-Schultz Lecture
position held: president
Peter Arthur Diamond (born April 29, 1940) is an American economist known for his analysis of U.S. Social Security policy and his work as an advisor to the Advisory Council on Social Security in the late 1980s and 1990s. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2010, along with Dale T. Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides. He is an Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. On June 6, 2011, he withdrew his nomination to serve on the Federal Reserve's board of governors, citing intractable Republican opposition for 14 months. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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