Peter A. Diamond
Peter Arthur Diamond (born April 29, 1940) is an American economist. Diamond is 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 won the Prize for studying what happens when trading in markets is difficult. For example, because buyers and sellers need to find another before they can trade.
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.
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Other websites
Peter A. Diamond at MIT
Unemployment, Vacancies, Wages 2010 lecture at NobelPrize.org
An interview with Peter A. Diamond , July 12, 2006
Documentary films on Peter A. Diamond, with critiques of his work, as part of the Nobel Perspectives project
1940 births
Living people
American economists
Scientists from New York City