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Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Moses Abramovitz (January 1, 1912 – December 1, 2000) was a 20th-century American economist and professor. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, he completed his bachelor's degree summa cum laude in economics at Harvard University. Abramovitz went to Harvard with the intention of becoming a lawyer; in light of this, he took criminal justice classes as well as economics. He became more interested in economics than criminal justice because was able to connect economics to the world he was living in. He earned his Ph.D. at Columbia University in 1939. In 1985, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from University of Uppasala in Sweden. In 1991, he was invited to Rome to become a fellow of the prestigious Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. He was awarded another doctorate at the University of Ancona, in 1992. Abramovitz died in California at Stanford Hospital on December 1, 2000, at the age of 88. He was suffering from a gastroenterological infection.Abramovitz was known for his modest personality and was one of the least ego-driven scholars in economics. Known as Moe among family and friends, he married Carrie Glasser, a Brooklyn-born painter and sculptor, in 1937. She died in 1999.Abramovitz started his career as a lecturer at Harvard University in the mid 1930s. After finishing his doctorate at Columbia University, he joined the National Bureau of Economic Research in New York, where he began his investigation of inventory investment cycles. During World War II, Abramovitz served on the War Production Board and in the Office of Strategic Services as chief of the European industry and trade section. In 1945 and 1946, he was economic adviser to the United States representative on the Allied Reparations Commission. He also was one of the founding faculty of the Department of Economics at Stanford University, which he joined in the fall of 1948 and taught in for almost 30 years. From 1962-63 he served as adviser to the secretary general of the Organization of Economics Cooperation and Development in Paris. He then became the chair of the organization from 1963 to 1965 and from 1971 to 1974. Over the course of his career Abramovitz made many pioneering studies of macroeconomics and long-term growth. His article Catching up, Forging Ahead and Falling Behind, published in 1986 Academic journal is the second most cited of all the papers published by the Journal of Economic History."@en }

• Moses_Abramovitz abstract "Moses Abramovitz (January 1, 1912 – December 1, 2000) was a 20th-century American economist and professor. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, he completed his bachelor's degree summa cum laude in economics at Harvard University. Abramovitz went to Harvard with the intention of becoming a lawyer; in light of this, he took criminal justice classes as well as economics. He became more interested in economics than criminal justice because was able to connect economics to the world he was living in. He earned his Ph.D. at Columbia University in 1939. In 1985, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from University of Uppasala in Sweden. In 1991, he was invited to Rome to become a fellow of the prestigious Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. He was awarded another doctorate at the University of Ancona, in 1992. Abramovitz died in California at Stanford Hospital on December 1, 2000, at the age of 88. He was suffering from a gastroenterological infection.Abramovitz was known for his modest personality and was one of the least ego-driven scholars in economics. Known as Moe among family and friends, he married Carrie Glasser, a Brooklyn-born painter and sculptor, in 1937. She died in 1999.Abramovitz started his career as a lecturer at Harvard University in the mid 1930s. After finishing his doctorate at Columbia University, he joined the National Bureau of Economic Research in New York, where he began his investigation of inventory investment cycles. During World War II, Abramovitz served on the War Production Board and in the Office of Strategic Services as chief of the European industry and trade section. In 1945 and 1946, he was economic adviser to the United States representative on the Allied Reparations Commission. He also was one of the founding faculty of the Department of Economics at Stanford University, which he joined in the fall of 1948 and taught in for almost 30 years. From 1962-63 he served as adviser to the secretary general of the Organization of Economics Cooperation and Development in Paris. He then became the chair of the organization from 1963 to 1965 and from 1971 to 1974. Over the course of his career Abramovitz made many pioneering studies of macroeconomics and long-term growth. His article Catching up, Forging Ahead and Falling Behind, published in 1986 Academic journal is the second most cited of all the papers published by the Journal of Economic History.".