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Albert O. Hirschman

Past Faculty
School of Social Science

Affiliation

Social Science

Renowned in the field of social science, Albert O. Hirschman contributed highly influential work in economics and politics in developing countries that has had a profound impact on economic thought and practice in the United States and beyond. Over the course of his long and productive career, Hirschman earned a reputation for progressive, lucid, and brilliantly argued contributions to economics, the history of ideas, and the social sciences. Inspired by the complexity of human behavior and social reality rather than by traditional economic models, he applied a subtle and iconoclastic perspective to reappraising conventional wisdom.

Dates at IAS

Emeritus
School of Social Science
Faculty
School of Social Science
Member
School of Social Science

Degrees

Università degli Studi di Trieste
Ph.D.
1938
École des Hautes Études Commerciales and Institut de Statistique, Sorbonne
Diploma
1935

Honors

2003
Benjamin E. Lippincott Award (American Political Science Association)
1998
Thomas Jefferson Medal (American Philosophical Society)
1997
Toynbee Prize
1986
Kalman Silvert Prize (Latin American Studies Association)
1983
Talcott Parsons Prize for Social Science (American Academy of Arts and Sciences)

Appointments

Institute for Advanced Study
1974–1985
Professor
Harvard University
1964–1974
Professor (Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Political Economy 1967–74)
Columbia University
1958–1964
Professor