James Tobin papers 1930-2002

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James Tobin papers 1930-2002

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1746

The papers consist of correspondence, subject files, and writings, primarily documenting the professional career and personal life of James Tobin as an economist and educator.

56.25 linear feet

eng,

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6351625

Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives

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Tobin, James, 1918-2002

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James Tobin, Nobel laureate and long-time professor of economics at Yale University, was born in Champaign, Illinois, in 1918. In 1939, he graduated from Harvard University, where he also obtained his master's degree in 1940 and his Ph.D. in 1947. He worked in the Office of Price Administration and on the Civilian Supply and War Production Board before enlisting in the navy in 1941 and serving as an officer aboard the USS Kearney. Tobin began his career at Yale in 1950 as an associate professor,...