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Birthday
*** ,1917
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June 24, 2008 (90 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Leo
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Leonid Hurwicz
Leonid "Leo" Hurwicz is a Polish-American economist and mathematician best known for his work on game theory and the design of mechanisms. He introduced the concept of incentive compatibility and showed how the desired results can be achieved using the design of the incentive compatibility mechanism. Hurwicz shared the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics for his famous work on the design of mechanisms. Hurwicz is one of the oldest Nobel Laureates, receiving the award at the age of 90. Hurwicz was educated and raised in Poland, and became a refugee in the United States after Hitler invaded Poland in 1939. In 1941, Hurwicz worked as a research assistant to Paul Samuelson at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Oskar Lange. at the University of Chicago. . He was research associate for the Cowles Committee from 1942 to 1946. In 1946, he became an associate professor of economics at Iowa State College.

About Leonid Hurwicz

Economist Leonid Hurwicz was born in Russia on August 21, 1917. He dies at the age of 90, on June 24, 2008.

In 2007, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for his work on how individuals and organizations interact when they have unequal knowledge.

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Leonid Hurwicz before becoming famous

Leonid Hurwicz was born in the Zodiac sign Leo (The Lion), and 1917 is also the year of Serpent (蛇) in the Chinese Zodiac.

When he took his first economics course at Warsaw University in Poland, he changed his major and went on to the London School of Economics.

Achievement of Leonid Hurwicz

He published extensively on game theory and how it applies to economics, claiming that people may be driven to accomplish desirable outcomes if they are given the right incentives.

Leonid Hurwicz's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was born into a Jewish family in Moscow, Russia, who moved to Poland shortly after Hitler's invasion, where they were persecuted and forced to flee once more.

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Another Nobel Laureate in Economics, Economist Robert Engle, contributed to the advancement of the study of how humans buy and sell.

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Leonid Hurwicz Income & Net worth

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