# List of economists

This is an incomplete alphabetical list by surname of notable economists, experts in the social science of economics, past and present. For a history of economics, see the article History of economic thought. Only economists with biographical articles in Wikipedia are listed here.

## A

* Thomas Attwood
* Sir William Ashley
* B. R. Ambedkar
* George Akerlof
* Kenneth Arrow
* Maurice Allais
* Robert Aumann
* Edith Abbott (1876–1957), American economist and social worker
* Daron Acemoglu (born 1967), Turkish/American economist
* Nicola Acocella (born 1939), Italian economist
* Zoltan Acs (born 1947), American economics professor
* Henry Carter Adams (1851–1921), American economist
* Walter Adams (1922–1998), American economist and congressional expert
* Philippe Aghion (born 1956), French economist
* Montek Singh Ahluwalia (born 1943), Indian economist
* Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad (born 1943), Bangladeshi economist and environmentalist
* George Akerlof (born 1940), American economist and shared winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics
* Armen Alchian (1914–2013), American economist
* Alberto Alesina (1957–2020), Italian political economist
* Sadie Alexander (1898–1989), American lawyer and first African American to receive a PhD in economics
* Sidney S. Alexander (1916–2005), American economist
* Maurice Allais (1911–2010), French economist and 1988 winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
* Franklin Allen (born 1956), American economist
* R. G. D. Allen (1906–1983), English economist and statistician
* Gar Alperovitz (born 1936), American political economist and historian
* Lee J. Alston (born 1951), American economist
* Elisabeth Altmann-Gottheiner (1874–1930), German economist, first woman university lecturer in Germany
* Fernando Alvarez, Argentine economist
* B. R. Ambedkar (1891–1956), Indian economist and jurist
* Takeshi Amemiya (born 1935), Japanese economist specializing in econometrics and the economy of ancient Greece
* Samir Amin (1931–2018), Egyptian economist
* Georges Anderla (1921–2005), Czechoslovak-born French economist
* Donald Andrews (born 1955), Canadian economist
* George-Marios Angeletos (born 1975), Greek/American economist
* Norman Angell (1872–1967), English economist and politician
* Joshua Angrist (born 1960), Israeli/American economist
* Kofi Annan (1938–2018), Ghanaian economist and Secretary-General of the United Nations
* Masahiko Aoki (青木昌彦, 1938–2015), Japanese economist
* Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274), Italian priest and writer on economics
* Luis Arce (born 1963), Bolivian economist and president
* Pérsio Arida (born 1952), Brazilian economist
* Dan Ariely (born 1967), Israeli/American behavioral economist
* Heinz Arndt (1915–2002), German-born Australian economist
* Kenneth Arrow (1921–2017), American economist, joint 1972 winner of Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics
* Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (born 1947), Philippine academic and politician
* Enrique R. Arzac (born 1943), Argentine/American economist
* Orley Ashenfelter (born 1942), American economist
* William Ashley (1860–1927), English economic historian
* Cliff Asness (born 1966), American economist and hedge-fund manager
* Jeremy Atack (born 1949), Anglo-American economic historian
* Susan Athey (born 1970), American economist
* Anthony Barnes Atkinson (1944–2017), Welsh/English economist
* Orazio Attanasio (born 1959), Italian economist
* Thomas Attwood (1783–1856), English economist
* David B. Audretsch (born 1954), American economist
* Leonardo Auernheimer (1936–2010), Argentine economist and international monetary consultant
* Robert Aumann (born 1930), Israeli/American mathematician and 2005 winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics
* David Autor (born 1967), American economist, known for work on labor economics
* George Ayittey (1945–2022), Ghanaian economist
* Clarence Ayres (1891–1972), American economist

## B

* Ali Babacan
* Mikhail Bakunin
* Frédéric Bastiat
* Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk
* Gary Becker
* Fischer Black
* James M. Buchanan
* Ben Bernanke
* Walter Block
* Francine D. Blau
* Olivier Blanchard
* Jean Bodin
* Willem Buiter
* Edmund Burke
* Ali Babacan (born 1967), Turkish economic minister
* Roger Babson (1875–1967), American business theorist
* Lawrence Bacow (born 1951), American economist and university administrator
* Louis Bachelier (1870–1946), French mathematician
* Roger Backhouse (born 1951), English economist
* Walter Bagehot (1826–1877), English journalist, businessman, and essayist; wrote extensively on government, economics and literature
* Nikolai Baibakov (1911–2008), Soviet statesman, economist and Hero of Socialist Labor
* Joe S. Bain (1912–1991), American economist, founder of Industrial organization economics
* Dean Baker (born 1958), American macroeconomist and co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research
* E. Wight Bakke (1903–1971), American industrial relations specialist and professor at Yale University
* Mikhail Bakunin (1814–1876), Russian revolutionary anarchist, socialist, and founder of collectivist anarchism
* Leszek Balcerowicz (born 1947), Polish economist, the former chairman of the National Bank of Poland
* Emily Greene Balch (1867–1961), American economist and peace activist (1946 Nobel Peace Prize)
* Richard Baldwin (living), American economist
* Sir James Ball (1933–2018), English econometrician, Emeritus Professor of Economics at the London Business School and a leading figure in econometric modeling
* Ludwig Bamberger (1823–1899), German economist, politician and writer
* Abhijit Banerjee (born 1961), Indian economist, Ford Foundation International Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
* Pratima Bansal (living), Canadian economist
* Paul A. Baran (1909–1964), Russian/American, the only tenured Marxist economist in the United States until his death in 1964
* Pranab Bardhan (born 1939), Indian economist, Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley
* William A. Barnett (born 1941), American economist, works in chaos, bifurcation, and nonlinearity
* Enrico Barone (1859–1924), Italian soldier, military historian, and economist
* Nicholas Barr (living), English/American economist, professor of public economics at the London School of Economics
* Raymond Barre (1924–2007), French economist and politician
* Robert Barro (born 1944), American macroeconomist, presently the Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics at Harvard University
* Yoram Barzel (1931–2022), Israeli economist, works in property rights, applied price theory, and political economy
* Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850), French classical liberal theorist, political economist
* Kaushik Basu (born 1952), Indian economist and academic, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist of the World Bank
* Ratan Lal Basu (born 1948), Indian economist
* Ravi Batra (born 1943), American economist, author and professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas
* Peter Thomas Bauer (1915–2002), Hungarian developmental economist
* William Baumol (1922–2017), American, New York University economics professor
* Mahamudu Bawumia (born 1963), Ghanaian economist; worked at the Research Department of International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C., United States
* Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk (1851–1914), Austrian, founder of the Austrian School of economics
* Robert Dudley Baxter (1827–1875), English economist and statistician
* Michael Baye (born 1958), American business economist
* Charlie Bean (born 1953), English economist and professor at London School of Economics
* Gary Becker (1930–2014), American economist and winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
* Yoram Ben-Porat (died 1992), Israeli economist and president of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
* Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832), English jurist, philosopher, and legal and social reformer
* Dwayne Benjamin (born 1961), Canadian economist, managing editor of the Canadian Journal of Economics
* Barbara Bergmann (1927–2015), American, forerunner in feminist economics with a passion for social policy and equality
* C. Fred Bergsten (born 1941), American founder of the Peterson Institute for International Economics
* Rex Bergstrom (1925–2005), New Zealand econometrician recognized for his work in continuous time econometrics
* Adolf Berle (1895–1971), American lawyer, educator, author, and US diplomat
* Ben Bernanke (born 1953), American economist, former Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve and winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
* Jared Bernstein (1925–2005), American economist
* Marianne Bertrand (b. c. 1970), Belgian economist
* Tim Besley (born 1960), English academic economist
* William Beveridge (1879–1963), English economist and politician
* Truman Bewley (born 1941), American mathematician and economist
* Jagdish Bhagwati (born 1934), Indian economist and professor of economics and law at Columbia University
* Debapriya Bhattacharya (living), Bangladeshi economist and policy analyst
* Mark Bils (born 1958), macroeconomist at the University of Rochester
* Nancy Birdsall (born 1946), American founding president of the Center for Global Development
* Kenneth Binmore (born 1940), English economist and game theorist, professor emeritus of economics at University College, London
* Mette Koefoed Bjørnsen (1920–2008), Danish economist at the Niels Brock Copenhagen Business College
* William K. Black (born 1951), American professor of economics at UMKC
* Fischer Black (1938–1995), American economist, best known as one author of the famous Black–Scholes equation
* William Blake (1774–1852), English classical economist
* Olivier Blanchard (born 1948), French, chief economist at the International Monetary Fund
* Rebecca Blank (born 1955), American economist and politician
* Francine D. Blau (born 1946), American economist and academic
* Knut Blind (born 1965), German innovation economist
* Alan Blinder (born 1945), American economist, serves at Princeton University
* Walter Block (born 1941), American free market economist and anarcho-capitalist
* Barry Bluestone (born 1944), American economist and academic
* John Blundell (1952–2014), English economist
* Richard Blundell (born 1952), English economist and econometrician
* Jean Bodin (1530–1596), French, early proponent of the Quantity Theory of Money
* Tito Boeri (born 1958), Italian economist, professor of economics at Bocconi University, Milan
* Peter J. Boettke (born 1960), American economist of the Austrian School
* Michele Boldrin (born 1956), Italian-American economist, expert in economic growth
* Tim Bollerslev (born 1958), Danish economist
* Matilde Bombardini (living), Italian Canadian economist in Vancouver
* Murray Bookchin (1921–2006), American political philosopher
* Korkut Boratav (born 1935), Turkish, marxist economist
* George Borjas (born 1950), American, Harvard Kennedy School
* Michael Boskin (born 1945), American, T. M. Friedman Professor of Economics and senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution
* Giovanni Botero (c. 1544–1617), Italian thinker, priest, poet, and diplomat
* O. Fred Boucke (1881–1935), American economist
* Kenneth E. Boulding (1910–1993), American economist, educator, peace activist, poet, religious mystic, devoted Quaker
* Heather Boushey (born 1970), senior economist with the Center for US Progress
* Samuel Bowles (born 1939), American Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
* David Boyle (born 1958), English historian and economist
* William Brainard (b. c. 1935), American economist
* James Brander (born 1953), Canadian economist
* Avishay Braverman (born 1948), Israeli president of the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
* Harry Braverman (1920–1976), American socialist, economist and political writer
* John Francis Bray (1809–1897), American radical, Chartist, writer on socialist economics
* Richard A. Brealey (living), English economist and corporate finance expert
* William Breit (1933–2011), American professor of economics at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas
* George Ignatius Brizan (1942–2012), economics lecturer and later Prime Minister of Grenada
* Martin Browning (born 1946), English economist, professor of economics at the University of Oxford
* Sylvie Brunel (born 1960), French economist
* Markus Brunnermeier (born 1969), German/American economist
* Michael Bruno (1932–1996), Israeli economist, governor of the Bank of Israel, World Bank Chief Economist
* Erik Brynjolfsson (born 1962), American economist known for work on productivity and the economics of AI
* James M. Buchanan (1919–2013), American economist known for work on public choice theory, received the Swedish central bankers' "Nobel" prize in 1986
* Alan Budd (born 1937), English economist and central banker
* Willem Buiter (born 1949), Dutch economist
* Sergei Bulgakov (1871–1944), Russian Orthodox theologian, philosopher and economist
* Edmund Burke (1729–1797), Irish statesman, economist, and philosopher, known for writing A Vindication of Natural Society

## C

* Agustín Carstens
* Ha-Joon Chang
* Thomas Chalmers
* Henry Charles Carey
* John Bates Clark
* Gustav Cassel
* John R. Commons
* Ricardo J. Caballero (born 1959), Chilean macroeconomist, holds the Ford International chair of economics at MIT
* Vince Cable (born 1943), English economist
* Federico Caffè (1914–1987), Italian, economist and Professor of Economic and Financial Policy at "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome
* Phillip D. Cagan (1927–2012), American scholar and author, Professor of Economics Emeritus at Columbia University
* John Elliot Cairnes (1823–1875), Ireland, "last of the classical economists"
* Guillermo Calvo (born 1941), Argentine economist
* John Y. Campbell (born 1958), British/American economist, chairman of the Harvard economics department
* Colin Camerer (born 1959), American economist
* Lisa Cameron (born 1967), Australian, Professional Research Fellow at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
* Stephen Cameron (b. c. 1960), American financial analyst, economist and Adjunct Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University
* Richard Cantillon (c. 1680–1734), Irish-French, economist and author of Essay on the Nature of Trade in General
* Edwin Cannan (1861–1935), English economist and historian of economic thought
* Bryan Caplan (born 1971), American professor of economics at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia
* David Card (born 1956), Canadian labor economist and professor at the University of California, Berkeley
* Matias D. Cattaneo (born 1978), Argentine economist and professor at Princeton University
* Henry Charles Carey (1793–1879), American economist of the American School of Capitalism
* Mark Carney (born 1965), Canadian economist, governor of the Bank of England
* Kevin Carson (born 1963), American social and political theorist and scholar of political economy writing in the mutualist and individualist anarchist traditions
* Richard Carson (born 1955), American environmental economist
* Agustín Carstens (born 1958), Mexican economist, governor of the Bank of Mexico
* Anne P. Carter (born 1925), American economist, professor at Brandeis University
* David Cass (1937–2008), American professor of economics at the University of Pennsylvania
* Gustav Cassel (1866–1945), Swedish economist and professor of economics at Stockholm University
* Attilio Celant (born 1942), Italian economist, Dean of the Faculty of Economics (2002–2011) and Professor of Economic Geography at "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome
* Seweryn Chajtman (1919–2012), Polish scientist, engineer, teacher of the Industrial Management, creator of the Alternative Theory of Organization and Management
* Thomas Chalmers (1780–1847), Scottish mathematician, political economist and a leader of the Free Church of Scotland
* Frank J. Chaloupka (b. c. 1962), American professor of economics at the University of Illinois at Chicago and affiliate of the National Bureau of Economic Research
* Edward Hastings Chamberlin (1899–1967), American economist
* Neil W. Chamberlain (1915–2006), American economist at Yale University and Columbia University most known for work in industrial relations
* Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. (1918–2007), American professor of business history at Harvard Business School and Johns Hopkins University
* Ha-Joon Chang (born 1963), Korean, one of the leading heterodox economists and institutional economists specialising in development economics
* V. V. Chari (born 1952), Indian/American economist
* Raj Chetty (born 1979), Indian/American economist
* Steven N. S. Cheung (born 1935), Chinese economist specializing in transaction costs and property rights
* Ajay Chhibber (living), Indian economist and politician
* Graciela Chichilnisky (born 1946), Argentine/American mathematical economist
* Victoria Chick (born 1936)
* Josiah Child (1630–1699), English mercantilist, politician and governor of the East India Company
* Menzie Chinn (born 1961)
* Lawrence J. Christiano (born 1952), American economist
* Richard Clarida (born 1957)
* Colin Clark (1905–1989), British/Australian economist, pioneered the use of the gross national product (GNP)
* Gregory Clark (born 1957), American economic historian at the University of California, Davis
* John Bates Clark (1847–1938), American neoclassical marginalist
* John Maurice Clark (1884–1963), American marginalist
* William D. Clark (1916–1985), English economist and public servant
* Michael Clemens (born 1972), American economist
* Ronald Coase (1910–2013), winner of the Swedish central bankers' "Nobel" prize in 1991, for contributions including transaction costs and Coase theorem
* Warren Coats (born 1942), American economist specializing in monetary policy
* John H. Cochrane (born 1957), American financial economist and macroeconomist
* Paul Cockshott (born 1952), Scottish economist and computer scientist
* Luc Coene (1947–2017), Belgian economist, governor of the National Bank of Belgium
* Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619–1683), French King Louis XIV's Minister of Finances, known for protectionism and dirigisme
* Paul Collier
* John R. Commons (1862–1945), American institutional economist and labor historian
* Auguste Comte (1798–1857), French philosopher, founder of sociology and positivism
* Marquis de Condorcet (1743–1794), French enlightenment philosopher, mathematician, and early political scientist known for the Condorcet method of voting
* Tim Congdon (born 1951), English economist and euro-sceptic politician
* Alfred Haskell Conrad (1924–1970), American Harvard professor of economics
* Hugh E. Conway (born 1942), American economist and professor at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces
* Thomas F. Cooley (1943–2021), American economist
* Richard N. Cooper (1934–2020), American economist and policy adviser
* Russell W. Cooper (born 1955), American macroeconomist
* Antoine Augustin Cournot (1801–1877), French philosopher and mathematician, influenced the use of mathematics in economics, known for oligopoly theory, Cournot competition is named for him
* Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543), Polish mathematician and economist
* Carol Corrado (living), American economist
* Dora L. Costa (born 1964), American economist and academic
* Christopher Coyne (born 1977), F. A. Harper professor of Economics at the Mercatus Center, George Mason University
* Tyler Cowen (born 1962), American economist and writer, one of the authors of the Marginal Revolution blog
* Vincent Crawford (born 1950), American economist and game theorist
* August Friedrich Wilhelm Crome (1753–1833), German economist and statistician, known particularly for his Producten-Karte von Europa (1782), one of the first uses of cartograms
* James Crotty (born 1940), American macroeconomist
* Raymond Crotty (1925–1994), Irish economist and campaigner against Irish membership of the European Union; his 1987 successful legal challenge in the Irish Supreme Court is the basis for EU treaty changes having to be submitted to referendum in Ireland
* Benoit Crutzen (born 1972), Belgian economist and assistant university professor
* Jakša Cvitanić (born 1962), Croatian/American economist, professor at Caltech

## D

* Gérard Debreu
* Harold Demsetz
* Partha Dasgupta
* Huw Dixon
* Avinash Dixit
* J. Bradford DeLong
* Uri Dadush (living), French scholar in Washington DC
* Hugh Dalton (1887–1962), Welsh/English economist and politician
* Herman Daly (born 1938), American "father" of ecological economics
* George Dantzig (1914–2005), American mathematical scientist
* William A. "Sandy" Darity Jr. (born 1953), American economist and researcher
* Partha Dasgupta (born 1942), Bangladeshi/British development economist
* Charles Davenant (1656–1714), English mercantilist and politician
* Paul Davidson (born 1930), American macroeconomist
* Antony Davies (born 1965), American economist and author
* D. J. Davies (1893–1956), Welsh economist and author
* Lance E. Davis (1928–2014), American social science professor
* Angus Deaton (born 1945), Scottish-American economist and academic
* Gérard Debreu (1921–2004), French-American economist and mathematician
* Rajeev Dehejia (born 1973), American professor of public policy
* J. Bradford DeLong (born 1960), American economic historian
* Harold Demsetz (1930–2019), American professor of economics
* Isaac de Pinto (1717–1787), Dutch banker and scholar
* Meghnad Desai, Baron Desai (born 1940), Indian/British economist and Labour Party politician
* Hernando de Soto Polar (born 1941), Peruvian economist of the informal economy
* Pat Devine (living), English industrial economist
* Mathias Dewatripont (born 1959), Belgian economist and professor
* Armando Di Filippo (living), Argentine economist and academic
* Douglas Diamond (born 1953), American finance expert
* Peter Diamond (born 1940), American social security expert
* Gladys Dickason (1903–1971), American labor economist
* Peter Dicken (born 1938), English economic geographer
* Benjamin Diokno (born 1948), Philippine central banker
* Avinash Dixit (born 1944), Indian/American economist
* Huw Dixon (born 1958), Welsh economist and academic
* Peter Dixon (born 1946), Australian economist and academic
* Simeon Djankov (born 1970), Bulgarian economist and politician
* Maurice Dobb (1900–1976), English Marxist economist
* David Dodd (1895–1988), American financial analyst
* Randall Dodd (living), American policy regulator
* Jennifer Doleac (living), American economist
* Evsey Domar (1914–1997), Soviet/American economist
* Paul Donovan (born 1972), British economist
* Stephen J. Dubner (born 1963), American economics author and broadcaster
* Henda Ducados (born 1964), French/Angolan economist
* Esther Duflo (born 1972), French/American economist
* Steven N. Durlauf (born 1958), American economist and social scientist
* Philip H. Dybvig (born 1955), American economist and professor at Olin Business School

## E

* Friedrich Engels
* Robert F. Engle
* Vanessa Erogbogbo
* Shlomo Eckstein (1929–2020), Israeli economist and academic
* Nicholas Economides, Greek economist
* Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (1845–1926), Anglo-Irish philosopher and political economist
* Sebastian Edwards (born 1953), Chilean economist and academic
* Martin Eichenbaum (born 1954), American professor of economics
* Barry Eichengreen (born 1952), American economist and political scientist
* Alfred Eichner (1937–1988), American economist
* Ali M. El-Agraa (born 1941), Sudanese/British economist
* Daniel Ellsberg (1931–2023), American economist and politician
* Richard T. Ely (1853–1943), American economist and social interventionist
* Kenneth G. Elzinga (living), American economist and writer
* Ernst Engel (1821–1896), German economist and statistician
* Friedrich Engels (1820–1895), German/British Marxist economist
* Stanley Engerman (born 1936), American economist and economic historian
* Robert F. Engle (born 1942), American statistician and economist
* Ludwig Erhard (1897–1977), German economist and politician
* Vanessa Erogbogbo (living), Ugandan/British development specialist
* José Luís Espert (born 1961), Argentinian economist and politician

## F

* William Fleetwood
* Irving Fisher
* Milton Friedman
* Jason Furman
* Robert Fogel
* Marc Faber (born 1946), Swiss investor based in Thailand
* Armin Falk (born 1968), German economist and academic
* Günter Faltin (born 1944), German economist and entrepreneur
* Eugene Fama born 1939), American economist known for efficient-market hypothesis
* Emmanuel Farhi (1978–2020), French economist and academic
* M. J. Farrell (1926–1975), British economist
* Jeff Faux (living), American economist and writer
* Henry Fawcett (1833–1884), British economist and statesman
* Nikolay Fedorenko (1917–2006), Soviet/Russian economist and chemist
* Ernst Fehr (born 1956), Austrian/Swiss behavioral economist
* Martin Feldstein (1939–2019), American economist and academic
* Edgar Fiedler (1929–2003), American economist
* Randall K. Filer (born 1952), American economist and researcher
* Amy Finkelstein (born 1973), American economist and researcher
* Stanley Fischer (born 1943), American/Israeli economist and bank governor
* Price V. Fishback (b. c. 1955), American economic historian
* Irving Fisher (1867–1947), American economist and social campaigner
* Jon Fisher (born 1972), American entrepreneur and philanthropist
* Jean-Paul Fitoussi (1942–2022), French economist and academic
* William Fleetwood (1656–1723), English statistician and bishop
* Marcus Fleming (1911–1976), British economist and stabilization expert
* Amelia Fletcher (born 1966), British economist and singer
* John E. Floyd (born 1937), Canadian economist and academic
* Karnit Flug (born 1955), Polish/Israeli economist and bank governor
* Robert Fogel (1926–2013), American economic historian
* Foster and Catchings, American economists William Trufant Foster and Waddill Catchings
* Charles Fourier (1772–1837), French philosopher and socialist thinker
* Joseph Francois (born 1961), Swiss economist and academic
* Robert H. Frank (born 1939), American economist and academic
* Jeffrey Frankel (born 1952), American macroeconomist
* Bernie Fraser (born 1941), Australian economist and bank governor
* Christopher Freeman (1921–2010), British economist and academic
* Richard B. Freeman (born 1943), American economist and academic
* Bruno Frey (born 1941), Swiss economist and academic
* Benjamin M. Friedman (born 1944), American political economist
* David D. Friedman (born 1945), American microeconomist and theorist
* Milton Friedman (1912–2006), American economist and Nobel Prize winner
* Rose Friedman (1910–2009), American free-market economist
* Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch (1895–1973), Norwegian economist and Nobel Prize co-winner
* Roland Fryer (born 1977), American economist
* Drew Fudenberg (born 1957), American economist and game-theory expert
* Masahisa Fujita (藤田昌久, born 1943), Japanese economist and academic
* Connel Fullenkamp (born 1965), American economist and academic
* Jason Furman (born 1970), American economist and academic
* Celso Furtado (1920–2004), Brazilian economist and development expert

## G

* Charles Gide
* Henry George
* John Kenneth Galbraith
* Edward Glaeser
* Ian Goldin
* Xavier Gabaix (born 1971), French/American economist
* Yegor Gaidar (1956–2009), Soviet/Russian economist and politician
* James Kenneth Galbraith (born 1952), American economist and academic
* John Kenneth Galbraith (1908–2006), Canadian/American economist and politician
* David Gale (1921–2008), American mathematician and economist
* William G. Gale (born 1959), American economist and politician
* Jordi Galí (born 1961), Spanish macroeconomist
* A. Ronald Gallant (born 1942), American econometrician
* Mauro Gallegati (born 1958), Italian economist and scholar
* Oded Galor (born 1953), Israeli/American economist and academic
* Francisco Javier Carrillo Gamboa (living), Mexican knowledge-systems researcher
* László Garai (1935–2019), Hungarian psychologist and economist
* Gonzalo Garland (born 1959), Peruvian economist and researcher
* Pierangelo Garegnani (1930–2011), Italian economist and academic
* Norton Garfinkle (born 1931), American economist and economic historian
* Leonid Gatovsky (1903–1997), Russian/Soviet economist
* John Geanakoplos (born 1955), American economist and academic
* Jacques Généreux (born 1956), French economist and politician
* Henry George (1839–1897), American political economist
* Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen (1906–1994), Romanian statistician and economist
* Mark Gertler (born 1951), American economist and academic
* Silvio Gesell (1862–1930), German economist and politician
* Jayati Ghosh (born 1955), Indian development economist
* Eric Ghysels (born 1956), Belgian economist and econometrician
* Francesco Giavazzi (born 1949), Italian economist and academic
* Charles Gide (1847–1932), French economist and economic historian
* George Gilder (born 1939), American economist and investor
* Richard T. Gill (1927–2010), American economist and opera singer
* Victor Ginsburgh (born 1939), Belgian economist
* Herbert Gintis (born 1940), American economist and behavioral scientist
* Edward Glaeser (born 1967), American economist and academic
* Rachel Glennerster (born 1965), British economist
* William Godwin (1756–1836), English economist and writer
* Claudia Goldin (born 1946), American economist and government official
* Ian Goldin (living), South African/British economist and program director
* Jose Antonio Gomariz (1919–2005), Argentine economist and educator
* Charles Goodhart (born 1936), British economist and academic
* George Goodman (aka "Adam Smith", 1930–2014), American economist and broadcaster
* Austan Goolsbee (born 1969), American economist
* Gita Gopinath (born 1971), Indian/American economist
* Myron J. Gordon (1920–2010), American/Canadian economist and academic
* Robert J. Gordon (born 1940), American economist
* Gary Gorton (b. c. 1951), American economist and finance educator
* Hermann Heinrich Gossen (1810–1858), German economist
* Christian Gouriéroux (born 1959), French econometrician
* Benjamin Graham (1894–1976), British/American economist and investor
* Phil Gramm (born 1942), American economist and politician
* Clive Granger (1934–2009), Welsh/American econometrician
* George Grantham (born 1941), American economist and academic
* William Greene (born 1951), American economist
* Alan Greenspan (born 1926), American economist and finance official
* Thomas Gresham (c. 1519–1579), English merchant and financier
* Stephany Griffith-Jones (born 1947), British/American economist
* Zvi Griliches (1930–1999), Lithuanian/American economist
* Elgin Groseclose (1899–1983), American economist and statesman
* Gene Grossman (born 1955), American economist and academic
* Henryk Grossman (1881–1950), Polish/German economist and revolutionary
* Jonathan Gruber (born 1965), American economist and academic
* Rebeca Grynspan (born 1955), Costa Rican economist
* Gu Zhun (顾准, 1915–1974), Chinese economist and post-Marxist
* Dominique Guellec (living), French economist and official
* Maria-Carmen Guisan (living), Spanish economist
* Faruk Gül (living), Turkish/American economist and academic

## H

* David Hume
* Friedrich Hayek
* Eli Heckscher
* Trygve Haavelmo
* James Heckman
* Glenn Hubbard
* Trygve Haavelmo (1911–1999), Norwegian economist and Nobel laureate
* Gottfried Haberler (1900–1995), Austrian/American economist
* Charles Hall (1740–1825), English social critic and physician
* Robert Hall (born 1943), American economist and academic
* Andrew Hughes Hallett (1947–1919), Scottish economist and academic
* John Haltiwanger (born 1955), American economist
* Daniel S. Hamermesh (born 1943), American economist
* James D. Hamilton (born 1954), American economist and academic
* Steve H. Hanke (born 1942), American applied economist
* Alvin Hansen (1887–1975), American economist and academic
* Lars Peter Hansen (born 1952), American economist and academic
* Peter Reinhard Hansen (born 1968), Danish economist and academic
* Eric Hanushek (born 1943), American economist
* Mahbub ul Haq (1934–1998), Indian/Pakistani economist and politician
* Arnold Harberger (born 1924), American economist
* Tim Harford (born 1973), English economist and broadcaster
* Charles Knickerbocker Harley (born 1943), American economic historian
* Stephen Harper (born 1959), Canadian economist and Prime Minister (2006–2015)
* Roy Harrod (1900–1978), English economist and biographer
* John Harsanyi (1920–2000), Hungarian/American economist and Nobel Prize winner
* Oliver Hart (born 1948), British/American economist and Nobel laureate
* Campbell Harvey (born 1958), Canadian/American economist and academic
* Jerry A. Hausman (born 1946), American econometrician
* Bohdan Hawrylyshyn (1926–2016), Ukrainian/Canadian economist and thinker
* Friedrich Hayek (1899–1992), Austrian/American economist and philosopher
* Henry Hazlitt (1894–1993), American economics writer
* James Heckman (born 1944), American economist and Nobel laureate
* Eli Heckscher (1879–1952), Swedish political economist and economic historian
* Robert Heilbroner (1919–2005), American economist and historian of economics
* Carolyn Heinrich (born 1967), American historian and academic
* Christian Hellwig (living), German macroeconomist
* Elhanan Helpman (born 1946), Israeli economist and academic
* Hazel Henderson (1933–2022), English economist, ecologist and broadcaster
* David Forbes Hendry (born 1944), English econometrician and academic
* Peter Blair Henry, Jamaican-born economist
* Noreena Hertz (born 1967), English economist and broadcaster
* William Hewins (1865–1931), English economist and politician
* John Hicks (1904–1989), English economist and joint Nobel laureate
* Michael J. Hicks (born 1962), American economist and academic
* Robert Higgs (born 1944), American economic historian
* Jack Hirshleifer (1925–2005), American economist and academic
* John A. Hobson (1858–1940), English economist and social scientist
* Thomas Hodgskin (1787–1869), English political economist and socialist
* Samuel Hollander (born 1937), English/Canadian/Israeli economist
* Bengt Holmström (born 1949), Finnish/American economist and academic
* Charles A. Holt (born 1948), American behavioral economist
* Harry J. Holzer (born 1957), American economist and educator
* Kevin Hoover (born 1955), American economist and philosopher
* Hans-Hermann Hoppe (born 1949), German/American economist and philosopher
* Charles Horioka (チャールズ・ユウジ・ホリオカ, born 1956), American/Japanese economist and academic
* Branko Horvat (1928–2003), Yugoslav/Croatian economist and politician
* Harold Hotelling (1895–1973), American statistician and theorist
* Peter Howitt (born 1946), Canadian economist
* William Hsiao (蕭慶倫m born 1936), Chinese/American economist and academic
* Yukon Huang (born 1944), Chinese/American economist
* Glenn Hubbard (born 1958), American economist and academic
* Michael Hudson (born 1939), American economist and analyst
* David Hume (1711–1776), Scottish economist and philosopher
* Thomas M. Humphrey (born 1935), American economist
* Jennifer Hunt (1913–2015), American economist and politician
* Leonid Hurwicz (1917–2008), Polish/American economist and mathematician
* Terence Wilmot Hutchison (1912–2007), English economist

## I

* Sri Mulyani Indrawati (born 1962), Indonesian economist, banker and politician
* Stefan Ingves (born 1953), Swedish national bank governor and economist
* Jay Inslee (born 1951), American economist and governor of Washington
* Douglas Irwin (living), American economist and academic
* Mugur Isărescu (born 1949), Romanian national bank governor and economist
* Otmar Issing (born 1936), German economist and economic policy-maker

## J

* William Stanley Jevons
* Matthew O. Jackson (born 1962), American economist and academic
* Tim Jackson (born 1957), British ecological economist
* David A. Jaeger (born 1964), American economist and researcher
* Davoud Danesh-Jafari, Iranian politician and economist
* Ravi Jagannathan (born 1949), American economist and academic
* Eliot Janeway (1913–1993), American economist and author
* William H. Janeway (born 1943), American economist and venture capitalist
* Robert A. Jarrow (living), American economist and academic
* Peter Jay (born 1937), English economist and diplomat
* Michael Jensen (born 1939), American financial economist
* William Stanley Jevons (1835–1882), English economist and logician
* Leif Johansen (1930–1982), Norwegian economist and academic
* Søren Johansen (born 1939), Danish statistician and econometrician
* Harry Gordon Johnson (1923–1977), Canadian economist
* Simon Johnson (born 1963), English/American and IMF economist
* Lewis Webster Jones (1899–1975), American economist and academic
* Richard Jones (1790–1855), English economist
* Dan Johnson (b. c. 1969), Canadian/American microeconomist and entrepreneur
* Thomas Jordan (born 1963), Swiss economist and central banker
* Dale W. Jorgenson (born 1933), American economist and academic
* Boyan Jovanovic (born 1952), American economist and academic

## K

* Ibn Khaldun
* John Maynard Keynes
* Nicholas Kaldor
* Daniel Kahneman
* Finn E. Kydland
* Anne Osborn Krueger
* Daniel Kahneman (born 1934), Palestinian/Israeli economist and psychologist
* Ehud Kalai (born 1942), Israeli/American game theorist and mathematical economist
* Nicholas Kaldor (1908–1986), Hungarian/British economist and government advisor
* Michał Kalecki (1899–1970), Polish economist
* Thomas Kane (born 1961), American educational economist
* Leonid Kantorovich (1912–1986), Soviet mathematician and economist
* Ethan Kaplan (living), American economist and academic
* Steven Kaplan (born 1959), American business economist
* Dean Karlan (living), American development economist
* Michael Kaser (1926–2021), English economist
* Lawrence F. Katz (born 1959), American economist and academic
* Steve Keen (born 1953), Australian economist and educator
* Timothy J. Kehoe (born 1953), American economist and academic
* Stephanie Kelton (born 1969), American economist and academic
* A. R. Kemal (1946–2008), Pakistani economist and policy-maker
* Peter Kenen (1932–2012), American international economist
* Charles Kennedy (1923–1997), American theoretical economist
* Li Keqiang (李克强, born 1955), Chinese economist and politician
* Srgjan Kerim (born 1948), Yugoslav/Macedonian economist and diplomat
* John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946), English political economist
* Ibn Khaldun (1332–1406), Arab social scientist
* Mushtaq Khan (born 1961), British/Bangladeshi economist and academic
* Homi Kharas (living), American economist and UN executive
* Fahmida Khatun (living), Bangladeshi economist and policy analyst
* Mwai Kibaki (1931–2022), Kenyan economist and politician
* Robin Kibuuka (living), Ugandan economist
* Mervyn King, English economist and Bank of England governor
* Robert G. King (born 1951), American macroeconomist
* Bruce Kingma (born 1961), American economist and entrepreneur
* Israel Kirzner (born 1930), English/American economist
* Nobuhiro Kiyotaki (清滝信宏, born 1955), Japanese/American macroeconomist
* Lawrence Klein (1920–2013), American econometrician and Nobel Prize winner
* Morton Klein (born 1947), German/American economist and statistician
* Morris Kleiner (b.1948), American labor economist
* Paul Klemperer (born 1956), English economist and academic
* Arnold Kling (born 1954), American economist and writer
* Teun Kloek (born 1934), Dutch econometrician
* Jan Kmenta (1928–2016), Czech/American economist and statistician
* Frank Knight (1885–1972), American economist and academic
* Lilian Knowles (1870–1926), English economic historian
* Klaas Knot (born 1967), Dutch economist and central banker
* Narayana Kocherlakota (born 1963), American economist and academic
* Leopold Kohr (1909–1994), Austrian/British economist and political scientist
* John Komlos (born 1944), Hungarian/American economic historian
* Nikolai Kondratiev (1892–1938), Russian/Soviet economist and economic policy-maker
* Tjalling Koopmans (1910–1985), Dutch/American economist and mathematician
* Roger C. Kormendi (1949–2009), American economist and finance expert
* János Kornai (1928–2021), Hungarian economist and theorist
* Andrey Korotayev (born 1961), Soviet/Russian economic historian and sociologist
* Naum Krasner (1924–1999), Soviet/Russian economist and mathematician
* Lawrence B. Krause (born 1929), American economist and economic advisor
* Jan Kregel (born 1944), American economist and UN executive
* Michael Kremer (born 1964), American development economist and academic
* David M. Kreps (born 1950), American game theorist and economist
* Peter Kropotkin (1842–1921), Russian economist and political scientist
* Anne Osborn Krueger (born 1934), American economist and IMF executive
* Paul Krugman (born 1953), American economist, academic and Nobel Prize winner
* Per Krusell (born 1959), Swedish macroeconomist
* Lawrence Kudlow (born 1947), American finance analyst
* Adriana Kugler (born 1969), American economist and public-policy academic
* Maurice Kugler (born 1967), American economist and public-policy academic
* Rajiv Kumar (born 1951), Indian economist and politician
* Robert Kuttner (born 1943), American economic and economic-policy writer
* Simon Kuznets (1901–1985), Russian/American economist and statistician
* Vladimir Kvint (living), Soviet/Russian economist and strategist
* Finn E. Kydland (born 1943), Norwegian/American economist and academic

## L

* John Law
* Abba Lerner
* Oskar Lange
* Rosa Luxemburg
* Ludwig Lachmann (1906–1990), German economist
* Arthur Laffer (born 1940), American economist
* Jean-Jacques Laffont (1947–2004), French economist
* Ricardo Lagos (born 1938), Chilean economist and lawyer
* David Laibson (born 1966), American economist
* David Laidler (born 1938), English monetary economist
* Domingo Laino (born 1935), Paraguayan economist and politician
* John A. Laitner (born 1947), American economist and environmentalist
* Naomi Lamoreaux (born 1950), American economic historian
* Steven Landsburg (born 1954), American economist
* Philip R. Lane (born 1954), American economist
* Lang Xianping (郎咸平, born 1956), Hong Kong-based economist
* Oskar Lange (1904–1965), Polish economist and diplomat
* Serge Latouche (born 1940), French economist
* John Law (1671–1629), Scottish economist
* Richard Layard (born 1934), English labour economist
* Edward Lazear (1948–2020), American economist
* Edward E. Leamer (born 1944), American economist
* Stanley Lebergott (1918–2009), American economist
* Lewis Lehrman (born 1938), American economist and banker
* Frederic Sterling Lee (1949–2014), American economist
* Peter Leeson (born 1979), American economist
* Axel Leijonhufvud (1933–2022), Swedish economist
* Manuela Ferreira Leite (born 1940), Portuguese economist and politician
* Leonard Liggio (1933–2014), American writer and academic
* Wassily Leontief (1905–1999), American economist
* Abba P. Lerner (1903–1982), Russian/British economist
* Leonardus Lessius (1554–1623), Flemish moral theologian
* Richard Levin (born 1947), American economist
* David K. Levine (b. c. 1955), American economist
* Lars Lefgren (born 1972), American economist
* Steven D. Levitt (born 1967), American economist
* Arthur Lewbel (c. 1956), American economist
* Arthur Lewis (1915–1991), Saint Lucia economist
* Tracy R. Lewis (living), American economist
* Kevin Leyton-Brown (born 1975), Canadian economist
* Evsei Liberman (1897–1981), Russian/Soviet economist
* Justin Yifu Lin (林毅夫, born 1952), Chinese economist
* Michael Lind (born 1962), American writer and academic
* Erik Lindahl (1891–1960), Swedish economist
* Assar Lindbeck (1930–2020), Swedish economist
* Friedrich List (1789–1846), German/American economist
* John A. List (born 1968), American economist
* Andrew Lo (羅聞全, born 1960), Hong Kong/American financial economist
* John Locke (1632–1704), English philosopher
* William Forster Lloyd (1794–1852), English writer on economics
* Bernard Lonergan (1904–1984), Canadian philosopher
* Frédéric Lordon (born 1962), French economist and philosopher
* Max O. Lorenz (1876–1959), American economist
* Pascal Lorot (born 1960), French economist and geo-politician
* Andreas Löschel (living), German economist
* John R. Lott (born 1958), American economist and political commentator
* Robert Lucas, Jr. (1937–2023), American economist
* Stephen J. Luczo (born 1957), American chief executive
* Rosa Luxemburg (1871–1919), Polish-born economist and revolutionary socialist
* Gerard Lyons (born 1961), English political economist

## M

* Thomas Malthus
* John Stuart Mill
* Alfred Marshall
* Karl Marx
* Ludwig von Mises
* Gunnar Myrdal
* Roger Myerson
* Dale Mortensen
* Xavier Sala i Martin
* Dambisa Moyo
* Donald MacDougall (1912–2004), Scottish economist
* Mark J. Machina (born 1954), American economist
* Carlos Manuel Urzúa Macías (born 1955), Mexican academician and economist
* Henry Dunning Macleod (1821–1902), Scottish economist
* Adil Abdul-Mahdi (born 1942), Iraqi economist and vice-president
* Edmond Malinvaud (1923–2015), French economist
* Burton Malkiel (born 1932), American economist and writer on finance
* Thomas Malthus (1766–1834), English political economist and demographer
* Gerard de Malynes (fl. 1585–1627), English foreign trader and government advisor
* N. Gregory Mankiw (born 1958), American macroeconomist
* Henry Manne (1928–2015), American economist and academic
* Alan Manning (born 1960), English economist and academic
* Edwin Mansfield (1930–1997), American economist and academic
* Charles Manski (born 1948), American professor of economics
* Mao Yushi (茅于轼;, born 1929), Chinese economist
* Ruy Mauro Marini (1932–1997), Brazilian economist
* Harry Markowitz (1927–2023), American economist
* Karl Marlo (1810–1865), German economist and academic
* Jacob Marschak (1898–1977), American economist
* Alfred Marshall (1842–1924), English neoclassical economist
* Marsh Marshall (born 1953), American economist and hedge-fund manager
* Harriet Martineau (1802–1876), English social theorist
* Karl Marx (1818–1883), German founder of Marxian economics
* Eric Maskin (born 1950), American economist and Nobel laureate
* Mariana Mazzucato (born 2016), Italian–American-British economist and academic
* Jason Gaverick Matheny (living), American expert on artificial intelligence
* Paul Mattick (1904–1981), German social revolutionary
* Richard Maybury (born 1946), American educational economist
* C. M. Mayo (living), American economist and writer
* Preston McAfee (born 1956), American managerial economist
* Bennett McCallum (born 1935), American monetary economist
* Rachel McCleary (living), American economist
* Deirdre McCloskey (born 1942), American economist and academic
* John Ramsey McCulloch (1789–1864), Scottish political economist
* Paul McCulley (born 1957), American economist and business executive
* James McDonald (b. c. 1942), American econometrician
* Daniel McFadden (born 1937), American econometrician
* Richard McKelvey (1944–2002), American political scientist
* Lionel W. McKenzie (1919–2010), American economist
* Warwick McKibbin (born 1957), Australian economist and academic
* David McWilliams (born 1966), Irish economist and writer
* James Meade (1907–1995), English economist and Nobel laureate
* Gardiner Means (1896–1988), American economist
* J. K. Mehta (1901–1980), Indian economist
* Marc Melitz (born 1968), American economist
* Leslie Melville (1902–2002), Australian economist and public servant
* Carl Menger (1840–1921), Austrian economist
* Karl Menger (1902–1985), Austrian/American mathematician
* Stanislav Menshikov (1927–2014), Soviet/Russian economist
* Robert C. Merton (born 1944), American economist and Nobel laureate
* Albert J. Meyer (1919–1983), American economist
* Hugo Richard Meyer (1866–1923), American economist
* John R. Meyer (1927–2009), American transport economist
* Valery Ivanovich Mezhlauk (1893–1938), Soviet planning official
* Leo Michelis (living), Greek/Canadian economist
* Javier Milei (born 1970), Argentinian libertarian economist
* David Miles (born 1959), Welsh/English economist
* Murray Milgate (born 1950), Australian/British economist
* Paul Milgrom (born 1948), American economist
* John Stuart Mill (1806–1873), English philosopher and political economist
* Merton Miller (1923–2000), American economist and Nobel laureate
* Jacob Mincer (1922–2006), American labor economist
* Hyman Minsky (1919–1996), American economist and professor at Washington University in St. Louis
* James Mirrlees (1936–2018), Scottish economist and Nobel laureate
* Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973), Austrian economist and sociologist
* Frederic Mishkin (born 1951), American economist and academic
* Baidyanath Misra (20th c.), Indian economist and administrator
* Wesley Mitchell (1874–1948), American economist
* Alfred Mitchell-Innes (1864–1950), English economist and diplomat
* Franco Modigliani (1918–2003), Italian/American economist and Nobel laureate
* Robert Moffit (living), American economist and government official
* Herbert Mohring (1928–2012), American transportation economist
* Joel Mokyr (born 1946), Dutch/American economic historian
* Gustave de Molinari (1819–1912), Belgian political economist
* Solita Monsod (born 1940), Philippines economist and writer
* John Hardman Moore (born 1954), English economic theorist
* Jonathan Morduch (born 1963), American economist and public service expert
* Peter Morici (born 1948), American economist
* Michio Morishima (1923–2004), Japanese economist
* Stephen Morris (living), American game theorist
* Dale Mortensen (1939–2014), American economist and Nobel laureate
* Warren Mosler (born 1949), American economist and hedge-fund manager
* Rowland Percy Moss (born 1928), English development economist
* David C. Mowery (living), American economist
* Dambisa Moyo (born 1969), Zambian economist
* Anu Muhammad (born 1956), Bangladeshi economist
* Sendhil Mullainathan (b. c. 1973), Indian/American economist and academic
* Thomas Mun (1571–1641), English writer on economics
* Mohan Munasinghe (living), Sri Lankan economist and physicist
* Robert Mundell (1932–2021), Canadian economist and academic
* Karthik Muralidharan (born 1975), Indian/American economist
* Richard Murnane (born 1945), American economist
* Kevin J. Murphy (born 1957), American finance academic
* Kevin M. Murphy (born 1958), American economist
* Robert P. Murphy (born 1976), American economist
* Richard Musgrave (1910–2007), American economist and public finance theorist
* Michael Mussa (1944–2012), American economist and academic
* John Muth (1930–2005), American economist
* Bingu wa Mutharika (1934–2012), Malawi economist and politician
* Stewart Myers (born 1940), American financial economist
* Roger Myerson (born 1951), American economist and academic
* Alva Myrdal (1902–1986), Swedish sociologist and Nobel laureate
* Gunnar Myrdal (1898–1987), Swedish economist and sociologist

## N

* Dudley North
* John Forbes Nash
* John Forbes Nash Jr. (1928–2015), American mathematician and Nobel laureate
* Richard Nelson (born 1930), American evolutionary economist and academic
* Nikolay Nenovsky (born 1963), Bulgarian/French economist
* Marc Nerlove (born 1933), American economist
* John von Neumann (1903–1957), Hungarian/American mathematician and economist
* David Neumark (born 1959), American economist and academic
* David Newbery (born 1943), English applied economist
* Francis William Newman (1805–1897), English moral philosopher
* Stephen Nickell (born 1944), English economist and academic
* Peter Nijkamp (born 1946), Dutch economist
* Yew-Kwang Ng (黄有光, born 1942), Malaysian/Australian welfare economist
* William A. Niskanen (1933–2011), American economist and adviser
* William Nordhaus (born 1941), American economist and climate-change expert
* Montagu Norman, 1st Baron Norman (1871–1950), English central banker
* Douglass North (1920–2015), American economic historian
* Dudley North (1641–1691), English merchant and economist
* Oscar Nuccio (1931–2004), Italian economic historian

## O

* Robert Owen
* Bertil Ohlin
* Elinor Ostrom
* William Oakland (1939–2007), American economist and academic
* Maurice Obstfeld (born 1952), American economist and academic
* William Ogilvie (1736–1819), Scottish academic
* Sharyn O'Halloran (living), American political scientist and economist
* Bertil Ohlin (1899–1979), Swedish economist and politician
* Walter Oi (1929–2013), American economist and professor at University of Rochester
* Nobuo Okishio (置塩信雄, 1927–2003), Japanese Marxian economist
* Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (born 1954), Nigerian/American economist and Director-General of the World Trade Organization
* Arthur Melvin Okun (1928–1980), American economist and adviser
* Mancur Olson (1932–1998), American economist and political scientist
* Redvers Opie (1900–1984), English/Mexican economist
* Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman (born 1996), Ghanaian-American activist and CEO of the Sadie Collective
* Nicole Oresme (c. 1320–1382), French philosopher
* Peter R. Orszag (born 1968), American financial adviser
* Elinor Ostrom (1933–2012), American political economist and Nobel laureate
* Andrew Oswald (living), Australian/British economist and behavioural scientist
* Robert Owen (1771–1858), Welsh social reformer

## P

* V. R. Panchamukhi
* Javier Perez-Capdevila
* Vilfredo Pareto
* Arthur Cecil Pigou
* Thomas Piketty
* Edward C. Prescott
* Christina Paxson
* Krishna Palepu (born 1954), American economist and business manager
* Giancarlo Pallavicini (born 1931), Italian economist and Soviet adviser
* V. R. Panchamukhi (born 1936), Indian economist and scholar
* Thomas Palfrey (born 1953), American economist and political scientist
* Yadav Prasad Pant (1928–2007), Nepalese economist and politician
* Maffeo Pantaleoni (1857–1924), Italian economist
* Philippe Van Parijs (born 1951), Belgian professor and political economist
* Vilfredo Pareto (1848–1923), Italian engineer and economist
* Manuel V. Pangilinan (born 1946), Philippines business executive
* Jacques Parizeau (1930–2015), Canadian economist and politician
* Luigi Pasinetti (1930–2023), Italian economist
* Frédéric Passy (1822–1912), French economist and pacifist
* I. G. Patel (1924–2005), Indian economist and central bank governor
* Prabhat Patnaik (born 1945), Indian economist and political commentator
* William Paterson (1658–1719), Scottish trade and banker
* Don Patinkin (1922–1995), American/Israeli monetary economist
* Christina Paxson (born 1960), American economist
* Alan T. Peacock (1922-2914), British economist
* Lasse Heje Pedersen (born 1972), Danish financial economist
* Edith Penrose (1914–1996), American/British economist
* Émile and Isaac Péreire (1800–1875 and 1806–1880), French financiers
* Carlota Perez (born 1939), Venezuelan/British specialist in socio-economic development
* Javier Perez-Capdevila (born 1963), Cuban mathematician
* Torsten Persson (born 1954), Swedish economist
* Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert (1646–1714), French lawmaker and theorist
* M. Hashem Pesaran (born 1946), Iranian/British economist
* Wolfgang Pesendorfer, American economist
* Pierre Pestieau (born 1943), Belgian economist
* Maurice Peston, Baron Peston (1931–2016), English economist and politician
* Robert Peston (born 1960), English writer on economics
* Douglas Peters (1930–2016), Canadian banker and economist
* William Petty (1623–1687), English economist and scientist
* Edmund Phelps (born 1933), American economist and Nobel laureate
* Thomas Philippon (born 1974), French/American economist and finance professor
* Peter C. B. Phillips (born 1948), New Zealand/Singapore econometrician
* William Phillips (1914–1975), New Zealand/English economist
* Arthur Cecil Pigou (1877–1959), English welfare economist
* Thomas Piketty (born 1971), French economist
* Christopher A. Pissarides (born 1948), Cypriot economist
* Arnold Plant (1898–1978), English economist
* Plato (Platon, 428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BCE), Greek philosopher
* Steven Plaut (1951–2017), Israeli economist
* Charles Plott (born 1938), American economist
* Karl Polanyi (1886–1964), Austro-Hungarian/Canadian economic historian and political economist
* Michael Polanyi (1891–1976), Hungarian/British polymath
* Robert Pollin (born 1950), American economist
* Yuri Poluneev (born 1956), Soviet/Ukrainian international economist
* Dina Pomeranz (born 1977), Swiss economist
* Jean-Pierre Ponssard (born 1946), French economist
* Gale Pooley (living), American economist, professor, and author
* Arden Pope (b. c. 1954), American environmental economist
* Michael Porter (born 1947), American business economist
* Richard Portes (living), American/British economist
* Arturo C. Porzecanski (born 1949), Uruguayan/American economist
* Richard Posner (born 1939), American jurist and economist
* James M. Poterba (born 1958), American economist
* Bernard van Praag (born 1939), Dutch welfare economist
* John W. Pratt (born 1931), American business economist
* Edward C. Prescott (born 1940), American economist and Nobel laureate
* Steven Pressman (born 1952), American economist
* Clyde V. Prestowitz Jr. (born 1941), American labor economist
* Raúl Prebisch (1901–1986), Argentinian structural economist
* Yevgeni Preobrazhensky (1886–1937), Soviet/Russian economist, revolutionary, and politician
* Cuno Pümpin (born 1939), Swiss economist and entrepreneur

## Q

* François Quesnay
* Guy Quaden (born 1945), Belgian economist and central bank governor
* Danny Quah (柯成兴, born 1958), Singapore development economist
* François Quesnay (1694–1774), French economist
* John Quiggin (born 1956), Australian economist and government adviser

## R

* David Ricardo
* Joan Robinson
* Murray Rothbard
* Christina Romer
* Matthew Rabin
* Matthew Rabin (born 1963), American behavioral economist
* Roy Radner (1927–2022), American micro-economist
* John Rae (1796–1872), Scottish/Canadian economist
* Richard W. Rahn (born 1942), American economist
* Raghuram Rajan (born 1963), Indian economist
* Mihir Rakshit (born 1936), Indian economist
* Rogelio Ramírez de la O (living), Mexican economist
* Frank Plumpton Ramsey (1903–1930), English mathematician and economist
* Ajit Ranade (living), Indian economist and political analyst
* Leonard Rapping (1934–1991), American economist and government adviser
* Martin Ravallion (1952–2022), Australian economist
* Debra Ray (born 1957), Indian/American development economist
* Daniel Raymond (1786–1849), American political economist
* Riccardo Realfonzo (born 1964), Italian economist
* Ralph Recto (born 1964), Philippines economist and politician
* Daniel Rees American economist and professor at Charles III University of Madrid
* Robert Reich (born 1946), American economist and commentator
* Carmen Reinhart (born 1955), Cuban/American economist and academic
* Ricardo Reis (born 1988), Portuguese/British economist
* George Reisman (born 1937), American economist and academic
* Philip J. Reny (living), Canadian/American economist
* David Ricardo (1772–1823), English political economist
* Matthew Richardson, American economist
* Frank-Jürgen Richter (born 1967), German economist and entrepreneur
* Jeremy Rifkin (born 1945), American economist and social theorist
* Alice Rivlin (1931–2019), American economist and budget official
* Lionel Robbins (1898–1984), English economist
* Donald John Roberts (born 1945), Canadian/American economist
* Paul Craig Roberts (born 1939), American economist
* Russ Roberts (born 1954), American economist and broadcaster
* Denis Robertson (1890–1963), English economist and academic
* Abraham Robinson (1918–1974), German/American mathematician
* Austin Robinson (1897–1993), English economist and academic
* Joan Robinson (1903–1983), English economist
* Johann Karl Rodbertus (1805–1875), German economist and political theorist
* Dani Rodrik (born 1957), Turkish/American economist
* John Roemer (born 1945), American economist and political scientist
* Kenneth Rogoff (born 1953), American economist
* Gérard Roland (born 1954), Belgian economist
* Eric Roll (1907–2005), Austro-Hungarian/English economist and public servant
* Richard Roll (born 1939), American economist and finance expert
* Christina Romer (born 1958), American economist and policy adviser
* David Romer (born 1958), American economist and academic
* Paul Romer (born 1955), American economist and business academic
* Alessandro Roncaglia (born 1947), Italian economist
* Ivar Rooth (1888–1972), Swedish lawyer and economist
* Raymond de Roover (1904–1972), Belgian/American economic historian
* Harvey S. Rosen (born 1949), American economist and public-finance adviser
* Henry Rosovsky (1927–2022), German/American economist and academic
* Sherwin Rosen (1938–2001), American labor economist
* Nathan Rosenberg 1927–2015), American economist and technology historian
* Eric S. Rosengren (born 1957), American economist
* Mark Rosenzweig, American economist and academic
* Stephen A. Ross (1944–2017), American financial economist and academic
* J. Barkley Rosser Jr. (1948–2023), American economist and academic
* Esteban Rossi-Hansberg (born 1973), Mexican-American economist
* Walt Whitman Rostow (1916–2003), American economist and political theorist
* Julio Rotemberg (1953–2017), Argentine/American economist
* Alvin E. Roth (born 1951), American economist and academic and Nobel Prize laureate
* Timothy P. Roth (born 1943), American economist and academic
* Murray Rothbard (1926–1995), American economist and political theorist
* Erwin Rothbarth (1913–1944), German economist
* Michael Rothschild (born 1942), American economist and academic
* Nouriel Roubini (born 1958), American economist
* Cecilia Rouse (born 1963), American economist and first African American chair of the Council of Economic Advisers
* Heather Royer (born 1974), American economist and academic
* Scott Rozelle (born 1955), American economist and academic
* Paul Rubin (born 1942), American economist and academic
* Daniel L. Rubinfeld, American economist and academic
* Ariel Rubinstein (born 1951), Israeli economist
* Richard Rumelt (born 1942), American economist and academic
* Isaak Russman (1938–2005), Soviet/Russian economist and mathematician
* John Rust (born 1955), American economist and econometrician
* Justinian Rweyemamu (1942–1982), Tanzanian economist and political strategist
* Tadeusz Rybczynski (1923–1998), Polish/English economist

## S

* Jean-Baptiste Say
* Thomas J. Sargent
* Adam Smith
* Joseph Schumpeter
* Anna Schwartz
* Paul Samuelson
* Tharman Shanmugaratnam
* Robert Solow
* Joseph E. Stiglitz
* Michael Spence
* Mark Skousen
* Hans-Werner Sinn
* Robert Shiller
* Lawrence Summers
* Fabrizio Saccomanni (1942–2019), Italian economist and central banker
* Alexander Sachs (1893–1973), American economist and financier
* Jeffrey Sachs (born 1954), American development economist
* Emmanuel Saez (born 1972), French/American economist, known for work on taxation and inequality
* Claudia Sahm (living), American macroeconomist
* Gilles Saint-Paul (born 1963), French economist
* Henri de Saint-Simon (1760–1825), French political and economic theorist
* Xavier Sala i Martin (born 1962), Spanish-American economist
* António de Oliveira Salazar (1889–1970), Portuguese dictator and economist, Prime Minister of Portugal 1932–1968
* Lise Salvas-Bronsard (1940–1995), Canadian economist and writer
* Arthur Salz (1881–1963), German economist and sociologist
* Paul Samuelson (1915–2009), American economist and Nobel laureate
* Chris William Sanchirico (living), American tax law expert
* José Santana (born 1962), Dominican economist
* Diego Abad de Santillán (1897–1983), Spanish/Argentinian economist, author and anarcho-syndicalist activist
* Juan Manuel Santos (born 1951), Colombian politician, economist and journalist, President of Colombia 2010–2018
* Theotônio dos Santos (1936–2018), Brazilian economist
* Gopal Krishna Sarangi (living), Indian economist specializing in energy economics and climate change
* Thomas J. Sargent, American macroeconomist, econometrician and Nobel laureate
* Mark Satterthwaite (living), American economist
* Anthony Saunders (living), American financial economist
* Jean-Baptiste Say (1767–1832), French businessman known for Say's law
* Louis Auguste Say (1774–1840), French businessman and economist
* Herbert Scarf (1930–2015), American mathematical economist
* Hjalmar Schacht (1877–1970), German economist and politician
* Morton O. Schapiro (born 1953), American economist and university president
* José Scheinkman (born 1948), Brazilian/American economist
* Thomas Schelling (1921–2016), American game theorist and Nobel laureate
* Peter Schiff (born 1963), American stockbroker and financial commentator
* Alexander Schlichter (1868–1940), Soviet economist
* Christoph M. Schmidt (born 1962), German economist
* Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015), German finance expert and politician
* John Schmitt (born 1962), American economist
* Gustav von Schmoller (1838–1917), German economist of the historical school
* Myron Scholes (born 1941), Canadian-American financial economist
* Stephan Schulmeister (born 1947), Austrian jurist and economist
* Theodore Schultz (1902–1998), American economist
* Ernst Schumacher (1911–1977), German/British statistician and economist
* Joseph Schumpeter (1883–1950), Austrian political economist
* Anna Schwartz (1915–2012), American monetarist economist
* Anne A. Scitovsky (1915–2012), German American health economist
* Tibor Scitovsky (1910–2002), Hungarian/American economist
* Molly Scott Cato (born 1963), English green economist and politician
* Jules Sedney (1922–2020), Surinam economist and prime minister
* L. William Seidman (1921–2009), American economist and commentator
* Arthur Seldon (1916–2005), English economist
* Edwin R. A. Seligman (1861–1939), American economist
* Reinhard Selten (1930–2016), German economist and Nobel laureate
* Amartya Sen (born 1933), Indian economist, philosopher and Nobel laureate
* Hans Sennholz (1922–2007), German/American economist and author
* Nassau William Senior (1790–1864), English lawyer and economist
* Andrew Sentance (born 1958), English business economist
* Brad Setser (living), American economist and government official
* Ernest Seyd (1830–1881), German/British banker and economist
* G. L. S. Shackle (1903–1992), English economist
* Mehdi Shafaeddin (born 1945), Swiss Iranian development economist
* Anwar Shaikh (born 1945), Pakistani/American economist
* Tharman Shanmugaratnam (born 1957), Singapore economist/politician
* David Shapiro (born 1946), American economist
* Lloyd Shapley (1923–2016), American game theorist and Nobel laureate
* William F. Sharpe (born 1934), American economist and Nobel laureate
* Neil Shephard (born 1964), English econometrician
* Shouyong Shi (born 1965), Canadian macroeconomist
* Robert Shiller (born 1946), American economist and Nobel laureate
* Gary Shilling (living), American financial analyst and commentator
* Robert Shimer (born 1968), American macroeconomist and labor economist
* Hyun-Song Shin (신현송, living), S Korean economic theorist and financial economist
* Yongcheol Shin (born 1960), S Korea/British economist
* Masaaki Shirakawa (白川方明, born 1949), Japanese economist and central banker
* Andrei Shleifer (born 1961), Soviet/American economist and academic
* Artyom Shneyerov (living), Canadian microeconomist
* Martin Shubik (1926–2018), American economist
* Mohammad Najatuallah Siddiqui (born 1939), Indian/Jeddah economist and writer
* Henry Sidgwick (1838–1900), English utilitarian philosopher and economist
* Miguel Sidrauski (1939–1968), Argentine economist
* Ota Šik (1919–2004), Czechoslovak/Czech economist and politician
* Aníbal Cavaco Silva (born 1939), Portuguese economist and president
* Herbert A. Simon (1916–2001), American economist and political scientist
* Julian Lincoln Simon (1932–1998), American business administration academic
* Robert Simons, American economist and professor at Harvard Business School
* Christopher A. Sims (born 1942), American econometrician and macroeconomist
* Hans Singer (1910–2006), German/British development economist
* Kurt Singer (1886–1962), German economist and philosopher
* Manmohan Singh (born 1932), Indian economist and politician
* Hans-Werner Sinn (born 1948), German economist and government adviser
* Mark Skousen (born 1947), American economist and writer
* Margaret Slade (living), Canadian industrial economist
* Andrzej Sławiński (born 1951), Polish economist and academic
* Joel Slemrod (born 1951), American economist and academic
* Eugen Slutsky (1880–1948), Russian/Soviet statistician and economist
* Adam Smith (1723–1790), Scottish economist, philosopher and moral philosopher
* Alasdair Smith (born 1949), Scottish/English economist and academic
* Thomas Smith (1631–1699), English banker
* Vernon L. Smith (born 1927), American economist and lawyer
* Dennis Snower (born 1950), Austrian/American macroeconomist
* Robert Solow (1924–2023), American economist and growth theorist
* Werner Sombart (1863–1941), German economist and sociologist
* Willem Somermeyer (1919–1982), Dutch economist and econometrician
* Hugo F. Sonnenschein (1940–2021), American economist and educationist
* Thomas Sowell (born 1930), American economist and social theorist
* Michael Spence (born 1943), Canadian/American economist and Nobel laureate
* Barbara J. Spencer (living), Australian/Canadian economist
* Gene Sperling (born 1958), American economist and presidential adviser
* Piero Sraffa (1898–1983), Italian/British economist and academic
* T. N. Srinivasan (1933–2018), Indian economist
* Guy Standing (born 1948), English labor economist
* Ross Starr (born 1945), American economist and academic
* Richard H. Steckel (born 1944), American heterodox economist
* Herbert Stein (1916–1999), American economist and presidential adviser
* Jeremy C. Stein (born 1960), American macroeconomist
* Nicholas Stern (born 1946), English economist and academic
* Beth Stetson, American economist
* George Stigler (1911–1991), American economist and Nobel laureate
* Joseph E. Stiglitz (born 1943), American economist and public policy analyst
* James H. Stock (born 1955), American economist and academic
* George W. Stocking, Sr. (1892–1975), American economist of industrial organization
* Nancy Stokey (born 1950), American economist, known for work on economic growth
* Richard Stone (1913–1991), English economist and Nobel laureate
* Benjamin Strong (1872–1928), American banker
* Steve Strongin (born 1958), American investment adviser
* Stanislav Strumilin (1877–1974), Russian/Soviet economist and statistician
* Robert Sugden (born 1949), English cognitive and behavioral economist
* Paul Sultan (1924–2019), Canadian labor economist
* Lawrence Summers (born 1954), American economist and World Bank vice-president
* Robert Summers (1922–2012), American economist and academic
* William Graham Sumner (1840–1910), American social scientist
* Sun Yefang (孙冶方, 1908–1983), Chinese economist
* Jomo Kwame Sundaram (born 1952), Malaysian economist and government adviser
* Arun Sundararajan (living), British/Indian/American economist and academic
* Richard Sutch (1942–2019), American economist and academic
* Kotaro Suzumura (鈴村興太郎, 1944–2020), Japanese economist and academic
* Jan Švejnar (born 1952), Czechoslovak/American economist
* Lars E. O. Svensson (born 1947), Swedish economist and academic
* Subramanian Swamy (born 1939), Indian politician, economist and statistician
* Trevor Swan (1918–1989), Australian economist
* Paul Sweezy (1910–2004), American economist and political activist
* Syahrir (1945–2008), Indonesian political economist
* Richard Sylla (living), American economist and museum trustee
* Edward Szczepanik (1915–2005), Polish economist and politician
* Maria Szécsi (1914–1984), Austrian economist

## T

* Anne Turgot
* Frank William Taussig
* Jan Tinbergen
* Gordon Tullock
* Alex Tabarrok (born 1966), Canadian/American economist
* Guido Tabellini (born 1956), Italian economist
* Hossein Abdoh Tabrizi (born 1951), Iranian professor and financial practitioner
* Naim Talu (1919–1998), Turkish economist and prime minister
* Yair Tauman (born 1948), Israeli/American economist and academic
* Frank William Taussig (1859–1940), American trade-theory economist
* R. H. Tawney (1880–1962), English economic historian and socialist
* Fred M. Taylor (1855–1932), American economist and educator
* Henry Charles Taylor (1873–1969), American agricultural economist
* Alan M. Taylor (born 1964), American economist and academic
* John B. Taylor (born 1946), American economist and academic
* Mark P. Taylor (living), American business-school dean
* Paul Schuster Taylor (1895–1984), American agricultural economist and academic
* Lester G. Telser (born 1931), American economist and academic
* Richard Thaler (born 1945), American behavioral economist and academic
* Henri Theil (1924–2000), Dutch econometrician and academic
* Asher Tishler (born 1947), Israeli economist and college president
* William Thompson (1775–1833), Irish philosopher and social reformer
* Christopher Thornberg (born 1967), American economist
* Henry Thornton (1760–1815), English economist, banker and parliamentarian
* Johann Heinrich von Thünen (1783–1850), German economist and landowner
* Lester Thurow (1938–2016), American political economist and author
* Richard Timberlake (1922–2020), American economist and academic
* Jan Tinbergen (1903–1994), Dutch economist and Nobel laureate
* Jean Tirole (born 1953), French economist and academic
* Sheridan Titman (born 1954), American finance academic
* James Tobin (1918–2002), American economist and government adviser
* Michael Todaro (born 1942), American development economist
* Richard Tol (born 1969), Dutch/English economist and academic
* Alejandro Toledo (born 1946), Peruvian politician and writer on economics
* Robert Torrens (1780–1864), Irish/English political economist and writer
* Robert M. Townsend (born 1948), American economist and academic
* Kenneth E. Train (born 1951), American economist and academic
* Daniel Trefler (born 1959), Canadian economist and academic
* Rodrigue Tremblay (born 1939), Canadian economist and politician
* Giulio Tremonti (born 1947), Italian economic politician
* Jean-Claude Trichet (born 1942), French economist and European Central Bank president
* Robert Triffin (1911–1993), Belgian/American economist
* Sho-Chieh Tsiang (蔣碩傑, 1918–1993), Chinese/American economist
* Catherine Tucker (born 1977), management academic
* Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky (1865–1919), Russian economist and politician
* Gordon Tullock (1922–2014), American economist and professor of law
* Anne Robert Jacques Turgot (1727–1781), French economist and politician
* Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell (born 1955), English economist and business executive
* Amos Tversky (1937–1996), Israeli cognitive and mathematical psychologist
* Laura D'Andrea Tyson (born 1947), American economist and presidential adviser

## U

* Kazuhide Uekusa (植草一秀, born 1960), Japanese economist
* Kuzo Uno (宇野 弘蔵, 1897–1977), Japanese economist
* Hirofumi Uzawa (宇沢弘文, 1928–2014), Japanese economist

## V

* Thorstein Veblen
* Paul Volcker
* Natacha Valla (born 1976), French economist and management expert
* Alexander Van der Bellen (born 1944), Austrian economist and president
* John Van Reenen (born 1965), English economist and academic
* Eugen Varga (1879–1964), Austro-Hungarian/Soviet Marxian economist
* Hal Varian (born 1947), American microeconomist and Google executive
* Yanis Varoufakis (born 1961), Greek/Australian economist and politician
* Antoaneta Vassileva (born 1960), Bulgarian economist and academic
* Kerrin Vautier, New Zealand economist
* Thorstein Veblen (1857–1929), American economist and sociologist
* Richard Vedder (born 1940), American economist and historian
* Carlos A. Vegh (born 1951), Uruguayan academic economist
* Anthony Venables (born 1953), English economist and academic
* Fernando Vianello (1939–2009), Italian economist and academic
* William Vickrey (1914–1996), Canadian/American economist and Nobel laureate
* Thomas Vietorisz (1926–2019), Hungarian-born American economist and urban planner
* Jacob Viner (1892–1970), American economist
* Ignazio Visco (born 1949), Italian economist and central-bank governor
* Robert W. Vishny (b. c. 1959), American economist and finance academic
* Eva Vivalt (living), Canadian economist
* Xavier Vives (born 1955), Spanish microeconomist
* Paul Volcker (1927–2019), American economist and presidential adviser

## W

* Léon Walras
* Max Weber
* Knut Wicksell
* Marilyn Waring
* Martin Wolf
* Lawrence Wong
* Romain Wacziarg (born 1970), American economist and academic
* Sushil Wadhwani (born 1959), Indian/British economist and monetary policy expert
* Adolph Wagner (1835–1917), German economist and politician
* Jim Walker (living), American economist and fund manager
* Neil Wallace (born 1939), American economist and academic
* Phyllis Ann Wallace (1921–1993), American economist and political activist
* Henry Wallich (1914–1988), German/American economist and central banker
* W. Allen Wallis (1912–1998), American economist and statistician
* Léon Walras (1834–1910), French mathematical economist
* Carl Walsh (born 1949), American economist and academic
* Alan Walters (1926–2009), English economist and government adviser
* John Glen Wardrop (1922–1989), English mathematician and transport analyst
* Marilyn Waring (born 1952), New Zealand international development consultant
* Mark Watson (born 1952), American econometrician and macroeconomist
* Beatrice Webb (1858–1943), English sociologist and economist
* Sidney Webb (1859–1947), English socialist, economist and academic
* Alfred Weber (1868–1958), German economist and geographer
* Isabella Weber (born 1987), German economist active in the United States
* Max Weber (1864–1920), German sociologist and political economist
* Dorothy Wedderburn (1925–2012), English academic
* Beatrice Weder di Mauro (born 1965), Swiss economist and policy adviser
* Jens Weidmann (born 1968), German economist and central banker
* Burton Weisbrod (born 1931), American economist and academic
* Mark Weisbrot (living), American economist and writer
* Thomas J. Weiss (born 1942), American economist and academic
* Martin Weitzman (1942–2019), American economist and academic
* Richard Werner (born 1967), German/English banker and economist
* Brian Wesbury (born 1958), American macroeconomist and forecaster
* Richard Whately (1787–1863), English philosopher and economist
* Edward Lawrence Wheelwright (1921–2007), Australian economist and radio host
* Halbert White (1950–2012), American economist and academic
* Knut Wicksell (1851–1926), Swedish economist
* Philip H Wicksteed (1844–1927), English economist and theologian
* Friedrich von Wieser (1851–1926), Austrian economist
* Clair Wilcox (1898–1970), American economist
* E.L.R. Williamson (1911-2000), Canadian economist and environmentalist
* John Williamson (1937–2021), English/American economist
* Oliver E. Williamson (1932–2020), American economist and academic
* Walter E. Williams (1936–2020), American economist and academic
* Ulrich Witt (born 1946), German economist and academic
* Charles Wolf, Jr (1924–2016), American economic adviser and researcher
* Martin Wolf (born 1946), English writer on economics
* Arnold Wolfers (1892–1968), Swiss/American economist and lawyer
* Justin Wolfers (born 1972), Australian economist and public policy expert
* Edward Wolff (born 1946), American economist and academic
* Richard D. Wolff (born 1942), American Marxian economist
* Myrna Wooders (born 1950), Canadian economist and game theorist
* Michael Dean Woodford (born 1955), American macroeconomist and monetary theorist
* Jeffrey Wooldridge (born 1960), American econometrician
* Lawrence Wong Shyun Tsai (黄循财, born 1972), Singaporean economist and politician
* Holbrook Working (1895–1985), American economist and statistician
* Stephen T. Worland (1923–2017, American economist and economic historian
* L. Randall Wray (born 1953), American economist and academic
* Simon Wren-Lewis (living), English economist and economic policy expert
* Gavin Wright (born 1943), American economic historian
* Philip Green Wright (1861–1934), American economist and econometrician
* Randall Wright (born 1956), Canadian macroeconomist
* Wu Jinglian (吴敬琏, born 1940), Chinese economist

## X

* Xenophon of Athens
* Xenophon (c. 430–354 BCE), Ancient Greek, author of Oeconomicus

## Y

* Janet Yellen
* Muhammad Yunus
* Menahem Yaari (born 1935), Israeli economist
* Basil Yamey (1919–2020), S African economist
* Xiaokai Yang (杨小凯, 1948–2004), Chinese/Australian economist and analyst
* Janet Yellen (born 1946), American economist and policy-maker
* Allyn Abbott Young (1876–1929), American/British economist and statistician
* Alwyn Young (living), English economist and academic
* Arthur Young (1741–1820), English agriculturalist
* Peyton Young (born 1945), American game theorist and economist
* Yu Guangyuan (于光遠, 1915–2013), Chinese economist and philosopher
* Linda Yueh (born 1977), Taiwanese/American economist and broadcaster
* Muhammad Yunus (born 1940), Bangladeshi entrepreneur and economist

## Z

* Richard Zeckhauser (born 1940), American economist and academic
* Zeine Ould Zeidane (born 1966), Mauritanian economist and politician
* Milan Zeleny (born 1942), Czechoslovak/American politician
* Arnold Zellner (1927–2010), American economist and statistician
* Yves Zenou (living), French/Swedish economist and academic
* Zhang Weiying (张维迎, born 1959), Chinese economist and academic
* Zhou Xiaochuan (周小川, born 1948), Chinese economist and banking official
* Jeffrey Zients (born 1966), American business executive and government official
* Fabrizio Zilibotti (born 1964), Italian/American economist and academic
* Luigi Zingales (born 1963), Italian economist and finance professor
* Xenophon Zolotas (1904–2004), Greek economist and prime minister