Jacob Viner

Jacob Viner
Jacob Viner
Born	May 3, 1892; Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	September 12, 1970 (aged 78); Princeton, New Jersey, US
Nationality	Canadian
Academic background
Alma mater	McGill University; Harvard University;
Doctoral advisor	F. W. Taussig
Influences	Frank Knight
Academic work
Discipline	Economics
School or tradition	Chicago school of economics
Institutions	University of Chicago; Princeton University;
Doctoral students	Philip W. Bell; Bernard Brodie; Roland Wilson; Donald Winch; Paul Wonnacott;
Notable ideas	Economy/Diseconomy; Ricardo–Viner model; trade creation; trade diversion;
Influenced	Gary Becker; Milton Friedman; Paul Samuelson; George Stigler;

Jacob Viner (3 May 1892 – 12 September 1970) was a Canadian economist and is considered with Frank Knight and Henry Simons to be one of the "inspiring" mentors of the early Chicago school of economics in the 1930s: he was one of the leading figures of the Chicago faculty. Paul Samuelson named Viner (along with Harry Gunnison Brown, Allyn Abbott Young, Henry Ludwell Moore, Frank Knight, Wesley Clair Mitchell, and Henry Schultz) as one of the several "American saints in economics" born after 1860. He was an important figure in the field of political economy.

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