Michael Bruno (economist)

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Michael Bruno
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Chief Economist of the World Bank
In office
1993–1996
President Lewis Preston
Preceded by Lawrence Summers
Succeeded by Joseph Stiglitz
Personal details
Born Michael Peter Bruno
(1932-07-30)30 July 1932
Hamburg, Germany
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Jerusalem, Israel
Education Hebrew University (BA)
King's College, Cambridge (MA)
Stanford University (PhD)
Academic career
Field Macroeconomics
Influences Don Patinkin

Michael Peter Bruno (Hebrew: מיכאל ברונו) (30 July 1932 – 26 December 1996)[1] was an Israeli economist. He was a governor of Israel's central bank and a former World Bank Chief Economist.

Biography

Bruno is survived by his second wife Netta (née Ben-Porath), and 3 children – daughter Yael and sons Ido and Asa – from his first marriage to Ofra Hanoch (née Hirshenberg).

Bruno died of cancer 26 December 1996, at home in Jerusalem.[1]

Awards and honours

  • In 1970, Bruno was appointed the Carl Melchior chair of international economics.
  • In 1974, he was awarded the Rothschild Prize for Social Science.
  • In 1994, he was awarded the Israel Prize, for economics.[2]

Publications

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See also

References

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Chief Economist of the World Bank
1993–1996
Succeeded by
Joseph Stiglitz