# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harvey-leibenstein
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:16:14.675Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/harvey-leibenstein"
name: "Harvey Leibenstein"
slug: "harvey-leibenstein"
description: "Harvey Leibenstein was a Ukrainian-born American economist. He was a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley from 1951 to 1967 and at Harvard University from 1967 to 1987. One of his most important contributions to economics was the concept of X-inefficiency and the critical minimum effort thesis in development economics."
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birthDate: "1922-08-11"
deathDate: "1994-02-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump