János Kornai
Hungarian economist, 1928–2021 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The native form of this personal name is Kornai János. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
János Kornai (21 January 1928 – 18 October 2021) was a Hungarian economist[2] noted for his analysis and criticism of the command economies of Eastern European communist states. He also covered macroeconomic aspects in countries undergoing post-Soviet transition. He was emeritus professor at both Harvard University and Corvinus University of Budapest. Kornai was known to have coined the term shortage economy to reflect perpetual shortages of goods in the centrally-planned command economies of the Eastern Bloc.
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János Kornai | |
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Born | János Kornhauser (1928-01-21)21 January 1928 |
Died | 18 October 2021(2021-10-18) (aged 93) Budapest, Hungary |
Nationality | Hungarian |
Spouse |
Teréz Laky
(m. 1952; died 2005) |
Children | András Kornai |
Academic career | |
School or tradition | Institutional economics[1] |
Contributions | Theory of two-level planning Shortage economy |
Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
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