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- クリシュナ・パレプ(1954年生まれ)は、アメリカの経済学者であり、ビジネス・マネージャーである。
- ジャンカルロ・パラヴィチーニ(1931年生まれ)、イタリアの経済学者、ソ連顧問
- VR パンチャムキ(1936年生まれ)は、インドの経済学者であり学者である。
- トーマス・パルフレイ(1953年生まれ)は、アメリカの経済学者、政治学者である。
- ヤダブ・プラサド・パント(1928年 - 2007年)は、ネパールの経済学者、政治家である。
- マッフェオ・パンタレオーニ(1857–1924)、イタリアの経済学者
- ヴィルフレド・パレート(1848年 - 1923年)は、イタリアのエンジニアであり経済学者である。
- マヌエル・V・パンギリナン(1946年生まれ)は、フィリピンの実業家である。
- ジャック・パリゾー(1930–2015)、カナダの経済学者、政治家
- ルイージ・パシネッティ(1930–2023)、イタリアの経済学者
- フレデリック・パシー(1822年 - 1912年)は、フランスの経済学者であり平和主義者である。
- I・G・パテル(1924年 - 2005年)は、インドの経済学者であり、中央銀行総裁を務めた人物である。
- プラバット・パトナイク(1945年生まれ)は、インドの経済学者であり政治評論家である。
- ウツァ・パトナイク(1945年生まれ)、インドの経済学者
- ウィリアム・パターソン(1658年 - 1719年)、スコットランドの貿易商、銀行家
- ドン・パティンキン(1922年 - 1995年)、アメリカ/イスラエル出身の金融経済学者
- クリスティーナ・パクソン(1960年生まれ)、アメリカの経済学者
- アラン・T・ピーコック(1922年 - 2014年)、イギリスの経済学者
- ラッセ・ヘジェ・ペダーセン(1972年生まれ)、デンマークの金融経済学者
- ピーター・ペドロニ、アメリカの計量経済学者
- エディス・ペンローズ(1914年 - 1996年)、アメリカ/イギリスの経済学者
- エミールとアイザック・ペレール(1800–1875 および 1806–1880)、フランスの投資家
- カルロタ・ペレス(1939年生まれ)は、ベネズエラ出身でイギリス国籍を持つ社会経済開発の専門家である。
- ハビエル・ペレス=カプデビラ(1963年生まれ)、キューバの数学者
- トルステン・ペルソン(1954年生まれ)、スウェーデンの経済学者
- ピエール・ル・ペサン、ボワギルベール卿(1646–1714)、フランスの国会議員、理論家
- M・ハシェム・ペサラン(1946年生まれ)、イラン系イギリス人経済学者
- ハインリヒ・ペッシュ(1854–1926)、ドイツのイエズス会士、経済学者、哲学者
- ヴォルフガング・ペゼンドルファー、アメリカの経済学者
- ピエール・ペスティオー(1943年生まれ)、ベルギーの経済学者
- モーリス・ペストン男爵(1931年 - 2016年)は、イギリスの経済学者、政治家である。
- ロバート・ペストン(1960年生まれ)は、イギリスの経済学者。
- ダグラス・ピーターズ(1930年 - 2016年)、カナダの銀行家、経済学者
- ウィリアム・ペティ(1623年 - 1687年)は、イギリスの経済学者であり科学者である。
- エドモンド・フェルプス(1933年 - 2026年)、アメリカの経済学者、ノーベル賞受賞者
- トーマス・フィリポン(1974年生まれ)は、フランス系アメリカ人の経済学者であり、金融学の教授である。
- ピーター・C・B・フィリップス(1948年生まれ)は、ニュージーランドとシンガポール出身の計量経済学者。
- ウィリアム・フィリップス(1914年 - 1975年)、ニュージーランド/イギリスの経済学者
- アーサー・セシル・ピグー(1877年 - 1959年)、イギリスの福祉経済学者
- トマ・ピケティ(1971年生まれ)、フランスの経済学者
- マイケル・J・ピオーレ(1940年生まれ)は、アメリカの経済学者であり教授である。
- クリストファー・A・ピサリデス(1948年生まれ)、キプロス出身の経済学者
- アーノルド・プラント(1898年 - 1978年)、イギリスの経済学者
- プラトン(プラトン、紀元前428/427年または424/423年 - 紀元前348/347年)、ギリシャの哲学者
- スティーブン・プラウト(1951–2017)、イスラエルの経済学者
- オレクシー・プロトニコフ(1965年生まれ)、ウクライナの経済学者
- チャールズ・プロット(1938年生まれ)、アメリカの経済学者
- セルヒー・ポドリンスキー(1850年 - 1891年)、ウクライナの生態経済学者
- カール・ポランニー(1886年 - 1964年)は、オーストリア=ハンガリー帝国出身のカナダ人経済史家、政治経済学者。
- マイケル・ポランニー(1891年 - 1976年)、ハンガリー/イギリスの博学者
- ロバート・ポリン(1950年生まれ)、アメリカの経済学者
- ユーリ・ポルネエフ(1956年生まれ)は、ソ連/ウクライナ出身の国際経済学者。
- Dina Pomeranz (born 1977), Swiss economist
- Jean-Pierre Ponssard (born 1946), French economist
- Gale Pooley (living), American economist, professor, and author
- Arden Pope (b. c. 1954), American environmental economist
- Michael Porter (born 1947), American business economist
- Richard Portes (living), American/British economist
- Arturo C. Porzecanski (born 1949), Uruguayan/American economist
- Richard Posner (born 1939), American jurist and economist
- James M. Poterba (born 1958), American economist
- Bernard van Praag (born 1939), Dutch welfare economist
- John W. Pratt (born 1931), American business economist
- Edward C. Prescott (born 1940), American economist and Nobel laureate
- Steven Pressman (born 1952), American economist
- Clyde V. Prestowitz Jr. (born 1941), American labor economist
- Raúl Prebisch (1901–1986), Argentinian structural economist
- Yevgeni Preobrazhensky (1886–1937), Soviet/Russian economist, revolutionary, and politician
- Cuno Pümpin (born 1939), Swiss economist and entrepreneur
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- Guy Quaden (born 1945), Belgian economist and central bank governor
- Danny Quah (柯成兴, born 1958), Singapore development economist
- François Quesnay (1694–1774), French economist
- John Quiggin (born 1956), Australian economist and government adviser
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- Matthew Rabin (born 1963), American behavioral economist
- Roy Radner (1927–2022), American micro-economist
- John Rae (1796–1872), Scottish/Canadian economist
- Richard W. Rahn (born 1942), American economist
- Raghuram Rajan (born 1963), Indian economist
- Mihir Rakshit (born 1936), Indian economist
- Rogelio Ramírez de la O (living), Mexican economist
- Frank Plumpton Ramsey (1903–1930), English mathematician and economist
- Ajit Ranade (living), Indian economist and political analyst
- Leonard Rapping (1934–1991), American economist and government adviser
- Martin Ravallion (1952–2022), Australian economist
- Debra Ray (born 1957), Indian/American development economist
- Daniel Raymond (1786–1849), American political economist
- John Rawls (1921–2002), American philosopher
- Riccardo Realfonzo (born 1964), Italian economist
- Ralph Recto (born 1964), Philippines economist and politician
- Daniel Rees American economist and professor at Charles III University of Madrid
- Robert Reich (born 1946), American economist and commentator
- Helmut Reichelt (born 1939), German economist, sociologist and philosopher
- Carmen Reinhart (born 1955), Cuban/American economist and academic
- Ricardo Reis (born 1988), Portuguese/British economist
- George Reisman (born 1937), American economist and academic
- Philip J. Reny (living), Canadian/American economist
- Stephen Resnick (1938–2013), American economist
- David Ricardo (1772–1823), English political economist
- Matthew Richardson, American economist
- Frank-Jürgen Richter (born 1967), German economist and entrepreneur
- Jeremy Rifkin (born 1945), American economist and social theorist
- Alice Rivlin (1931–2019), American economist and budget official
- Lionel Robbins (1898–1984), English economist
- Donald John Roberts (born 1945), Canadian/American economist
- Paul Craig Roberts (born 1939), American economist
- Russ Roberts (born 1954), American economist and broadcaster
- Denis Robertson (1890–1963), English economist and academic
- Abraham Robinson (1918–1974), German/American mathematician
- Austin Robinson (1897–1993), English economist and academic
- Joan Robinson (1903–1983), English economist
- Johann Karl Rodbertus (1805–1875), German economist and political theorist
- Dani Rodrik (born 1957), Turkish/American economist
- John Roemer (born 1945), American economist and political scientist
- Kenneth Rogoff (born 1953), American economist
- Gérard Roland (born 1954), Belgian economist
- Eric Roll (1907–2005), Austro-Hungarian/English economist and public servant
- Richard Roll (born 1939), American economist and finance expert
- Christina Romer (born 1958), American economist and policy adviser
- David Romer (born 1958), American economist and academic
- Paul Romer (born 1955), American economist and business academic
- Alessandro Roncaglia (born 1947), Italian economist
- Ivar Rooth (1888–1972), Swedish lawyer and economist
- Raymond de Roover (1904–1972), Belgian/American economic historian
- Harvey S. Rosen (born 1949), American economist and public-finance adviser
- Henry Rosovsky (1927–2022), German/American economist and academic
- Sherwin Rosen (1938–2001), American labor economist
- Nathan Rosenberg 1927–2015), American economist and technology historian
- Eric S. Rosengren (born 1957), American economist
- Mark Rosenzweig, American economist and academic
- Stephen A. Ross (1944–2017), American financial economist and academic
- J. Barkley Rosser Jr. (1948–2023), American economist and academic
- Esteban Rossi-Hansberg (born 1973), Mexican-American economist
- Walt Whitman Rostow (1916–2003), American economist and political theorist
- Julio Rotemberg (1953–2017), Argentine/American economist
- Alvin E. Roth (born 1951), American economist and academic and Nobel Prize laureate
- Timothy P. Roth (born 1943), American economist and academic
- Murray Rothbard (1926–1995), American economist and political theorist
- Erwin Rothbarth (1913–1944), German economist
- Michael Rothschild (born 1942), American economist and academic
- Nouriel Roubini (born 1958), American economist
- Cecilia Rouse (born 1963), American economist and first African American chair of the Council of Economic Advisers
- Robert Rowthorn (born 1939), American economist and scholar
- Heather Royer (born 1974), American economist and academic
- Scott Rozelle (born 1955), American economist and academic
- Isaak Illich Rubin (1886–1937), Soviet economist and scholar
- Paul Rubin (born 1942), American economist and academic
- Daniel L. Rubinfeld, American economist and academic
- Ariel Rubinstein (born 1951), Israeli economist
- Richard Rumelt (born 1942), American economist and academic
- Isaak Russman (1938–2005), Soviet/Russian economist and mathematician
- John Rust (born 1955), American economist and econometrician
- Justinian Rweyemamu (1942–1982), Tanzanian economist and political strategist
- Tadeusz Rybczynski (1923–1998), Polish/English economist
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- Alfredo Saad-Filho (born 19??), Brazilian economist
- Fabrizio Saccomanni (1942–2019), Italian economist and central banker
- Alexander Sachs (1893–1973), American economist and financier
- Jeffrey Sachs (born 1954), American development economist
- Emmanuel Saez (born 1972), French/American economist, known for work on taxation and inequality
- Claudia Sahm (living), American macroeconomist
- Gilles Saint-Paul (born 1963), French economist
- Henri de Saint-Simon (1760–1825), French political and economic theorist
- Xavier Sala i Martin (born 1962), Spanish-American economist
- António de Oliveira Salazar (1889–1970), Portuguese dictator and economist, Prime Minister of Portugal 1932–1968
- Lise Salvas-Bronsard (1940–1995), Canadian economist and writer
- Arthur Salz (1881–1963), German economist and sociologist
- Paul Samuelson (1915–2009), American economist and Nobel laureate
- Chris William Sanchirico (living), American tax law expert
- José Santana (born 1962), Dominican economist
- Diego Abad de Santillán (1897–1983), Spanish/Argentinian economist, author and anarcho-syndicalist activist
- Juan Manuel Santos (born 1951), Colombian politician, economist and journalist, President of Colombia 2010–2018
- Theotônio dos Santos (1936–2018), Brazilian economist
- Gopal Krishna Sarangi (living), Indian economist specializing in energy economics and climate change
- Thomas J. Sargent, American macroeconomist, econometrician and Nobel laureate
- Mark Satterthwaite (living), American economist
- Anthony Saunders (living), American financial economist
- Jean-Baptiste Say (1767–1832), French businessman known for Say's law
- Louis Auguste Say (1774–1840), French businessman and economist
- Herbert Scarf (1930–2015), American mathematical economist
- Hjalmar Schacht (1877–1970), German economist and politician
- Morton O. Schapiro (born 1953), American economist and university president
- José Scheinkman (born 1948), Brazilian/American economist
- Thomas Schelling (1921–2016), American game theorist and Nobel laureate
- Peter Schiff (born 1963), American stockbroker and financial commentator
- Alexander Schlichter (1868–1940), Soviet economist
- Christoph M. Schmidt (born 1962), German economist
- Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015), German finance expert and politician
- John Schmitt (born 1962), American economist
- Gustav von Schmoller (1838–1917), German economist of the historical school
- Myron Scholes (born 1941), Canadian-American financial economist
- Stephan Schulmeister (born 1947), Austrian jurist and economist
- Theodore Schultz (1902–1998), American economist
- Ernst Schumacher (1911–1977), German/British statistician and economist
- Joseph Schumpeter (1883–1950), Austrian political economist
- Anna Schwartz (1915–2012), American monetarist economist
- Anne A. Scitovsky (1915–2012), German American health economist
- Tibor Scitovsky (1910–2002), Hungarian/American economist
- Molly Scott Cato (born 1963), English green economist and politician
- Ernesto Screpanti (born 1948), Italian economist and professor
- Jules Sedney (1922–2020), Surinam economist and prime minister
- L. William Seidman (1921–2009), American economist and commentator
- Thomas T. Sekine (1933–2022), Japanese economist
- Arthur Seldon (1916–2005), English economist
- Edwin R. A. Seligman (1861–1939), American economist
- Reinhard Selten (1930–2016), German economist and Nobel laureate
- Amartya Sen (born 1933), Indian economist, philosopher and Nobel laureate
- Hans Sennholz (1922–2007), German/American economist and author
- Nassau William Senior (1790–1864), English lawyer and economist
- Andrew Sentance (born 1958), English business economist
- Brad Setser (living), American economist and government official
- Ernest Seyd (1830–1881), German/British banker and economist
- G. L. S. Shackle (1903–1992), English economist
- Mehdi Shafaeddin (born 1945), Swiss Iranian development economist
- Anwar Shaikh (born 1945), Pakistani/American economist
- Tharman Shanmugaratnam (born 1957), Singapore economist/politician, President of Singapore since September 2023
- David Shapiro (born 1946), American economist
- Lloyd Shapley (1923–2016), American game theorist and Nobel laureate
- William F. Sharpe (born 1934), American economist and Nobel laureate
- Neil Shephard (born 1964), English econometrician
- Shouyong Shi (born 1965), Canadian macroeconomist
- Robert Shiller (born 1946), American economist and Nobel laureate
- Gary Shilling (living), American financial analyst and commentator
- Robert Shimer (born 1968), American macroeconomist and labor economist
- Hyun-Song Shin (신현송, living), S Korean economic theorist and financial economist
- Yongcheol Shin (born 1960), S Korea/British economist
- Masaaki Shirakawa (白川方明, born 1949), Japanese economist and central banker
- Andrei Shleifer (born 1961), Soviet/American economist and academic
- Artyom Shneyerov (living), Canadian microeconomist
- Martin Shubik (1926–2018), American economist
- Mohammad Najatuallah Siddiqui (born 1939), Indian/Jeddah economist and writer
- Henry Sidgwick (1838–1900), English utilitarian philosopher and economist
- Miguel Sidrauski (1939–1968), Argentine economist
- Ota Šik (1919–2004), Czechoslovak/Czech economist and politician
- Aníbal Cavaco Silva (born 1939), Portuguese economist and president
- Herbert A. Simon (1916–2001), American economist and political scientist
- Julian Lincoln Simon (1932–1998), American business administration academic
- Robert Simons, American economist and professor at Harvard Business School
- Christopher A. Sims (born 1942), American econometrician and macroeconomist
- Hans Singer (1910–2006), German/British development economist
- Kurt Singer (1886–1962), German economist and philosopher
- Manmohan Singh (1932–2024), Indian economist and politician
- Hans-Werner Sinn (born 1948), German economist and government adviser
- Mark Skousen (born 1947), American economist and writer
- Margaret Slade (living), Canadian industrial economist
- Andrzej Sławiński (born 1951), Polish economist and academic
- Joel Slemrod (born 1951), American economist and academic
- Eugen Slutsky (1880–1948), Russian/Soviet statistician and economist
- Adam Smith (1723–1790), Scottish economist, philosopher and moral philosopher
- Alasdair Smith (born 1949), Scottish/English economist and academic
- Thomas Smith (1631–1699), English banker
- Vernon L. Smith (born 1927), American economist and lawyer
- Dennis Snower (born 1950), Austrian/American macroeconomist
- Alfred Sohn-Rethel (1899–1990), German economist and philosopher
- Robert Solow (1924–2023), American economist and growth theorist
- Werner Sombart (1863–1941), German economist and sociologist
- Willem Somermeyer (1919–1982), Dutch economist and econometrician
- Hugo F. Sonnenschein (1940–2021), American economist and educationist
- Thomas Sowell (born 1930), American economist and social theorist
- Michael Spence (born 1943), Canadian/American economist and Nobel laureate
- Barbara J. Spencer (living), Australian/Canadian economist
- Gene Sperling (born 1958), American economist and presidential adviser
- Piero Sraffa (1898–1983), Italian/British economist and academic
- T. N. Srinivasan (1933–2018), Indian economist
- Peter St. Onge, American economist
- Guy Standing (born 1948), English labor economist
- Ross Starr (born 1945), American economist and academic
- Richard H. Steckel (born 1944), American heterodox economist
- Herbert Stein (1916–1999), American economist and presidential adviser
- Jeremy C. Stein (born 1960), American macroeconomist
- Nicholas Stern (born 1946), English economist and academic
- Beth Stetson, American economist
- George Stigler (1911–1991), American economist and Nobel laureate
- Joseph E. Stiglitz (born 1943), American economist and public policy analyst
- James H. Stock (born 1955), American economist and academic
- George W. Stocking, Sr. (1892–1975), American economist of industrial organization
- Nancy Stokey (born 1950), American economist, known for work on economic growth
- Richard Stone (1913–1991), English economist and Nobel laureate
- Benjamin Strong (1872–1928), American banker
- Steve Strongin (born 1958), American investment adviser
- Stanislav Strumilin (1877–1974), Russian/Soviet economist and statistician
- Federico Sturzenegger (born 1966), Argentinian economist and politician
- Robert Sugden (born 1949), English cognitive and behavioral economist
- Paul Sultan (1924–2019), Canadian labor economist
- Lawrence Summers (born 1954), American economist and World Bank vice-president
- Robert Summers (1922–2012), American economist and academic
- William Graham Sumner (1840–1910), American social scientist
- Sun Yefang (孙冶方, 1908–1983), Chinese economist
- Jomo Kwame Sundaram (born 1952), Malaysian economist and government adviser
- Arun Sundararajan (living), British/Indian/American economist and academic
- Richard Sutch (1942–2019), American economist and academic
- Kotaro Suzumura (鈴村興太郎, 1944–2020), Japanese economist and academic
- Jan Švejnar (born 1952), Czechoslovak/American economist
- Lars E. O. Svensson (born 1947), Swedish economist and academic
- Subramanian Swamy (born 1939), Indian politician, economist and statistician
- Trevor Swan (1918–1989), Australian economist
- Paul Sweezy (1910–2004), American economist and political activist
- Syahrir (1945–2008), Indonesian political economist
- Richard Sylla (living), American economist and museum trustee
- Edward Szczepanik (1915–2005), Polish economist and politician
- Maria Szécsi (1914–1984), Austrian economist
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- Alex Tabarrok (born 1966), Canadian/American economist
- Guido Tabellini (born 1956), Italian economist
- Hossein Abdoh Tabrizi (born 1951), Iranian professor and financial practitioner
- Naim Talu (1919–1998), Turkish economist and prime minister
- Yair Tauman (born 1948), Israeli/American economist and academic
- Frank William Taussig (1859–1940), American trade-theory economist
- Maria da Conceição Tavares (1930–2024), Portuguese-brazilian economist
- R. H. Tawney (1880–1962), English economic historian and socialist
- Fred M. Taylor (1855–1932), American economist and educator
- Henry Charles Taylor (1873–1969), American agricultural economist
- Alan M. Taylor (born 1964), American economist and academic
- John B. Taylor (born 1946), American economist and academic
- Mark P. Taylor (living), American business-school dean
- Paul Schuster Taylor (1895–1984), American agricultural economist and academic
- Lester G. Telser (born 1931), American economist and academic
- Richard Thaler (born 1945), American behavioral economist and academic
- Henri Theil (1924–2000), Dutch econometrician and academic
- Asher Tishler (born 1947), Israeli economist and college president
- William Thompson (1775–1833), Irish philosopher and social reformer
- Christopher Thornberg (born 1967), American economist
- Henry Thornton (1760–1815), English economist, banker and parliamentarian
- Johann Heinrich von Thünen (1783–1850), German economist and landowner
- Lester Thurow (1938–2016), American political economist and author
- Richard Timberlake (1922–2020), American economist and academic
- Jan Tinbergen (1903–1994), Dutch economist and Nobel laureate
- Jean Tirole (born 1953), French economist and academic
- Sheridan Titman (born 1954), American finance academic
- James Tobin (1918–2002), American economist and government adviser
- Michael Todaro (born 1942), American development economist
- Richard Tol (born 1969), Dutch/English economist and academic
- Alejandro Toledo (born 1946), Peruvian politician and writer on economics
- Robert Torrens (1780–1864), Irish/English political economist and writer
- Robert M. Townsend (born 1948), American economist and academic
- Kenneth E. Train (born 1951), American economist and academic
- Daniel Trefler (born 1959), Canadian economist and academic
- Rodrigue Tremblay (born 1939), Canadian economist and politician
- Giulio Tremonti (born 1947), Italian economic politician
- Jean-Claude Trichet (born 1942), French economist and European Central Bank president
- Robert Triffin (1911–1993), Belgian/American economist
- Sho-Chieh Tsiang (蔣碩傑, 1918–1993), Chinese/American economist
- Shigeto Tsuru (1912–2006), Japanese economist
- Catherine Tucker (born 1977), management academic
- Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky (1865–1919), Russian economist and politician
- Gordon Tullock (1922–2014), American economist and professor of law
- Anne Robert Jacques Turgot (1727–1781), French economist and politician
- Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell (born 1955), English economist and business executive
- Amos Tversky (1937–1996), Israeli cognitive and mathematical psychologist
- Laura D'Andrea Tyson (born 1947), American economist and presidential adviser
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- Natacha Valla (born 1976), French economist and management expert
- Alexander Van der Bellen (born 1944), Austrian economist and president
- Philippe Van Parijs (born 1951), Belgian professor and political economist
- John Van Reenen (born 1965), English economist and academic
- Eugen Varga (1879–1964), Austro-Hungarian/Soviet Marxian economist
- Hal Varian (born 1947), American microeconomist and Google executive
- Yanis Varoufakis (born 1961), Greek/Australian economist and politician
- Antoaneta Vassileva (born 1960), Bulgarian economist and academic
- Kerrin Vautier, New Zealand economist
- Thorstein Veblen (1857–1929), American economist and sociologist
- Richard Vedder (born 1940), American economist and historian
- Carlos A. Vegh (born 1951), Uruguayan academic economist
- Anthony Venables (born 1953), English economist and academic
- Fernando Vianello (1939–2009), Italian economist and academic
- William Vickrey (1914–1996), Canadian/American economist and Nobel laureate
- Thomas Vietorisz (1926–2019), Hungarian-born American economist and urban planner
- Jacob Viner (1892–1970), American economist
- Ignazio Visco (born 1949), Italian economist and central-bank governor
- Robert W. Vishny (b. c. 1959), American economist and finance academic
- Eva Vivalt (living), Canadian economist
- Xavier Vives (born 1955), Spanish microeconomist
- Paul Volcker (1927–2019), American economist and presidential adviser
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- Romain Wacziarg (born 1970), American economist and academic
- Sushil Wadhwani (born 1959), Indian/British economist and monetary policy expert
- Adolph Wagner (1835–1917), German economist and politician
- Jim Walker (living), American economist and fund manager
- Neil Wallace (born 1939), American economist and academic
- Phyllis Ann Wallace (1921–1993), American economist and political activist
- Henry Wallich (1914–1988), German/American economist and central banker
- W. Allen Wallis (1912–1998), American economist and statistician
- Léon Walras (1834–1910), French mathematical economist
- Carl Walsh (born 1949), American economist and academic
- Alan Walters (1926–2009), English economist and government adviser
- Wang Luolin (born 1938), Chinese economist, educator and politician
- John Glen Wardrop (1922–1989), English mathematician and transport analyst
- Marilyn Waring (born 1952), New Zealand international development consultant
- Mark Watson (born 1952), American econometrician and macroeconomist
- Beatrice Webb (1858–1943), English sociologist and economist
- Sidney Webb (1859–1947), English socialist, economist and academic
- Alfred Weber (1868–1958), German economist and geographer
- Isabella Weber (born 1987), German economist active in the United States
- Max Weber (1864–1920), German sociologist and political economist
- Dorothy Wedderburn (1925–2012), English academic
- Beatrice Weder di Mauro (born 1965), Swiss economist and policy adviser
- Jens Weidmann (born 1968), German economist and central banker
- Burton Weisbrod (born 1931), American economist and academic
- Mark Weisbrot (living), American economist and writer
- Thomas J. Weiss (born 1942), American economist and academic
- Martin Weitzman (1942–2019), American economist and academic
- Richard Werner (born 1967), German/English banker and economist
- Brian Wesbury (born 1958), American macroeconomist and forecaster
- Richard Whately (1787–1863), English archbishop, philosopher and economist
- Edward Lawrence Wheelwright (1921–2007), Australian economist and radio host
- Halbert White (1950–2012), American economist and academic
- Knut Wicksell (1851–1926), Swedish economist
- Philip H Wicksteed (1844–1927), English economist and theologian
- Friedrich von Wieser (1851–1926), Austrian economist
- Clair Wilcox (1898–1970), American economist
- E.L.R. Williamson (1911-2000), Canadian economist and environmentalist
- John Williamson (1937–2021), English/American economist
- Oliver E. Williamson (1932–2020), American economist and academic
- Walter E. Williams (1936–2020), American economist and academic
- Ulrich Witt (born 1946), German economist and academic
- Charles Wolf, Jr (1924–2016), American economic adviser and researcher
- Martin Wolf (born 1946), English writer on economics
- Arnold Wolfers (1892–1968), Swiss/American economist and lawyer
- Justin Wolfers (born 1972), Australian economist and public policy expert
- Edward Wolff (born 1946), American economist and academic
- Richard D. Wolff (born 1942), American Marxian economist
- Myrna Wooders (born 1950), Canadian economist and game theorist
- Michael Dean Woodford (born 1955), American macroeconomist and monetary theorist
- Jeffrey Wooldridge (born 1960), American econometrician
- Lawrence Wong Shyun Tsai (黄循财, born 1972), Singaporean economist and politician, Prime Minister of Singapore since May 2024.
- Holbrook Working (1895–1985), American economist and statistician
- Stephen T. Worland (1923–2017, American economist and economic historian
- L. Randall Wray (born 1953), American economist and academic
- Simon Wren-Lewis (living), English economist and economic policy expert
- Gavin Wright (born 1943), American economic historian
- Philip Green Wright (1861–1934), American economist and econometrician
- Randall Wright (born 1956), Canadian macroeconomist
- Wu Jinglian (吴敬琏, born 1940), Chinese economist
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- Menahem Yaari (born 1935), Israeli economist
- Basil Yamey (1919–2020), S African economist
- Xiaokai Yang (杨小凯, 1948–2004), Chinese/Australian economist and analyst
- Janet Yellen (born 1946), American economist and policy-maker
- Allyn Abbott Young (1876–1929), American/British economist and statistician
- Alwyn Young (living), English economist and academic
- Arthur Young (1741–1820), English agriculturalist
- Peyton Young (born 1945), American game theorist and economist
- Y. V. Reddy (born 1941), Indian economist
- Yu Guangyuan (于光遠, 1915–2013), Chinese economist and philosopher
- Linda Yueh (born 1977), Taiwanese/American economist and broadcaster
- Muhammad Yunus (born 1940), Bangladeshi entrepreneur and economist
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- Richard Zeckhauser (born 1940), American economist and academic
- Zeine Ould Zeidane (born 1966), Mauritanian economist and politician
- Milan Zeleny (born 1942), Czechoslovak/American politician
- Arnold Zellner (1927–2010), American economist and statistician
- Yves Zenou (living), French/Swedish economist and academic
- Zhang Weiying (张维迎, born 1959), Chinese economist and academic
- Zhou Xiaochuan (周小川, born 1948), Chinese economist and banking official
- Nikolai Ziber (1844–1888), Ukrainian academic economist and professor
- Jeffrey Zients (born 1966), American business executive and government official
- Fabrizio Zilibotti (born 1964), Italian/American economist and academic
- Luigi Zingales (born 1963), Italian economist and finance professor
- Xenophon Zolotas (1904–2004), Greek economist and prime minister
External links
Media related to Economists at Wikimedia Commons- Overview: History of Economic Thought – Famous Economists
- Tom Coupé's list of the top 1000 contemporary economists, ranked by publication impact, at IDEAS/RePEc
- List of top 5% of contemporary economists, ranked by current research impact, at IDEAS/RePEc