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Alvin Harvey Hansen (August 23, 1887 – June 6, 1975) was an American economist who taught at the University of Minnesota and was later a chair professor of economics at Harvard University.
Jun 1, 2024 · Alvin Harvey Hansen (born August 23, 1887, Viborg, South Dakota, U.S.—died June 6, 1975, Alexandria, Virginia) was an American economist noted for his strong and influential advocacy of the theories of John Maynard Keynes.
Jun 7, 1975 · Alvin H. Hansen, one of the principal advocates for Keynesian economics in the United States, died yesterday in Alexandria, Va. The former professor at the University of Minnesota and Harvard...
3 days ago · 2 Life. Alvin Harvey Hansen was born on 23 August 1887, in Daneville Township, Viborg, South Dakota, the younger son of Danish-American farmers, Niels Henning Hansen (1850–1922) and Birgithe Marie (Mary) Nielsen (1854–1927). The 1900 Census shows that Niels had emigrated from Denmark in 1868, Mary in 1873, and that they were naturalised and ...
Jun 8, 2018 · The influential economist Alvin Hansen (1887-1975) brought the 1930's Keynesian revolution in economics to the United States. He was a prolific writer who also played significant roles in the creation of the Social Security System and the Council of Economic Advisors.
Alvin H. Hansen, former Littauer Professor of Political Economics and one of America's foremost Keynesian economics, died in Alexander. Va. Friday. He was 87 years old.
Alvin Hansen was a leading American economist who popularized Keynesian economics and developed the secular stagnation thesis. He advocated active fiscal policy to prevent economic decline and argued for a balance between government and private sectors.
