Harald Uhlig (economist)
Harald Uhlig (born April 26, 1961 in Bonn ) is a German economist and professor at the University of Chicago . He researches topics in macroeconomics , especially monetary policy and the theory of real business cycles .
Life
Harald Uhlig studied mathematics and economics at the same time at the TU Berlin , where he graduated in 1985 with a degree in math. In 1990 he received his PhD in economics from the University of Minnesota . He then worked from 1990 to 1994 as an Assistant Professor at Princeton University . He was then appointed professor of macroeconomics at the University of Tilburg in the Netherlands until he moved to the Humboldt University in Berlin in 2000 and took over the chair for economic policy. He held this until 2007 when he was finally appointed to the University of Chicago , where he is still active today.
Harald Uhlig received the Gossen Prize from the Verein für Socialpolitik in 2003 .
Uhlig made ironic comments on Twitter during the 2020 protests against the demands of the Black Lives Matter movement for budget cuts for the police . This was interpreted as racist by various sides, including colleagues. In addition, there was the accusation of the former student Bocar Bo that Uhlig had already been angry about the US-American Martin Luther King Day in 2014 and also treated the student in a discriminatory manner.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ List of the Gossen Prize Winners
- ^ Winand von Petersdorff: The case of Professor Uhlig Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, online. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Uhlig, Harald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German economist and professor at the University of Chicago |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bonn |