Robert Mundell, an influential international economist, has died
He was considered the intellectual father of the euro
AFTER ACCEPTING the Nobel prize in economics in 1999, Robert Mundell crooned “My Way”, the song by Frank Sinatra, to guests at the banquet. His way, as he put it, involved falling in love with economic theory, obtaining a PhD at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and spending time in London writing his thesis. It also involved crafting foundational ideas in the field of international economics, including one that earned him the title of a father of the euro. He died on April 4th at the age of 88.
This article appeared in the Finance & economics section of the print edition under the headline “Floating ideas”
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