Original: Economics professor wins Nobel - The Daily Princetonian Biography Maskin was born in New York City, New York on December 12, 1950, to a non-religious Jewish family, and grew up in Alpine, New Jersey.
Simplified: Economics professor wins Nobel - The Daily Princetonian Life story Maskin was born in New York City, New York on December 12, 1950, to a non-religious Jewish family, and grew up in Alpine, New Jersey.