Robert E. Lucas Jr., Nobel-Winning Conservative Economist, Dies at 85

Robert E. Lucas Jr., Nobel-Winning Conservative Economist, Dies at 85

The New York Times-Business·2023-05-18 06:00

Robert E. Lucas Jr., a contrarian Nobel laureate in economics who undergirded conservative arguments that government intervention in fiscal policy is often self-defeating, died on Monday in Chicago. He was 85.

His death was announced by the University of Chicago, where he began teaching as a professor in 1975 and remained a professor emeritus until his death. The announcement did not cite a cause.

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