Iván Werning (born June 20, 1974) is an Argentine

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the 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 field there are ...

. He is a professor at the

MIT Department of Economics The MIT Department of Economics is a department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Undergraduate studies in economics were introduced in the 19th century by institute president Fran ...

. A native of Argentina, Werning earned his B.A. from Universidad de San Andrés and his M.A. from Universidad Torcuato di Tella, both in

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. Werning earned his Ph.D. at the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chic ...

in 2002. In the article "International bright young things" on 30 October 2008, ''

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'' listed Werning as one of the top 8 young economists in the world.

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1974 births Living people 21st-century Argentine economists University of Chicago alumni MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences faculty Fellows of the Econometric Society Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences {{Argentina-economist-stub