Richard Ferris Muth (May 14, 1927 – April 10, 2018) was an American

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social sciences, social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...

, who is considered to be one of the founders of

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(along with

William Alonso William Alonso (January 29, 1933 – February 11, 1999) was an Argentinian-born American planner and economist. He was born in Buenos Aires but moved to the United States in 1946 during the Perón regime with his father Amado Alonso, a leadin ...

and Edwin Mills). Muth obtained his Ph.D. from the

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in 1958, with a thesis on non-farm housing demand.

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Website at Emory University
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