Hirofumi Uzawa
| Hirofumi Uzawa | |
|---|---|
| Native name | 宇沢 弘文 |
| Born |
July 21, 1928 Yonago, Tottori, Japan |
| Died | September 18, 2014 (aged 86) Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Institution |
Stanford University University of California at Berkeley University of Chicago University of Tokyo Chuo University Doshisha University |
| Field | Mathematical economics |
| Alma mater |
University of Tokyo (B.Math, 1951) Stanford University Tohoku University (Ph.D., 1962) |
| Doctoral students |
David Cass Harl Ryder Karl Shell Miguel Sidrauski |
| Influences |
Shokichi Iyanaga Joichi Suetsuna Kenneth Arrow Hajime Kawakami |
| Influenced |
George A. Akerlof Joseph Stiglitz Katsuhito Iwai Hiroshi Yoshikawa Nobuhiro Kiyotaki Hitoshi Matsushima |
| Contributions | Uzawa two-sector growth model Uzawa condition |
| Awards |
Person of Cultural Merit (1983) Order of Culture (1997) Blue Planet Prize (2009) |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Hirofumi Uzawa (宇沢 弘文 Uzawa Hirofumi?, July 21, 1928 – September 18, 2014) was a Japanese economist.
Uzawa was born on July 21, 1928, in Yonago, Tottori.
He graduated from the Mathematics Department of the University of Tokyo in 1951; special research student from 1951 to 1953. At that time, he discovered the true nature of economics in the words of John Ruskin, “There is no wealth, but life.” which was quoted in the foreword to Tale of Poverty (貧乏物語 binbō monogatari?) by Hajime Kawakami, and decided to study economics.
A paper on decentralized economic planning written by him caught the eye of Kenneth Arrow at the Stanford University, he went to study Economics at Stanford University in 1956 with Fulbright fellowship, and became a research assistant, then assistant professor in 1956, then assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley in 1960, and then associate professor at Stanford in 1961. Meanwhile, in 1962, he received a Ph.D. from Tohoku University. He afterwards was professor at the University of Chicago in 1964, and later assumed the position of professor of the Department of Economics at Tokyo University in 1969. He also taught at Niigata University, Chuo University, and United Nations University. Incidentally Joseph E. Stiglitz and George A. Akerlof did research under Uzawa at the University of Chicago.
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