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James Tobin

1918–2002

James Tobin (1918–2002) was an American economist who won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1981 for his analysis of financial markets and their impact on spending, employment, production, and prices. A key figure in the post-Keynesian synthesis, he taught at Yale University and served on the Council of Economic Advisers under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. Tobin is best known for the Tobin tax on currency transactions and the Tobin's q theory of investment.

Economics

The American Business Creed (with others, 1956)
National Economic Policy (1966)
Essays in Economics (1975)
Asset Accumulation and Economic Activity (1980)
Policies for Prosperity: Essays in a Keynesian Mode (1987)
Full Employment and Growth: Further Essays on a Keynesian Theme (1996)
The Tobin Tax: A Proposal for a Tax on Foreign Exchange Transactions (1978)
A Proposal for International Monetary Reform (1978)

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