# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
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# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:39:00.419Z

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name: "Leonid Hurwicz"
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description: "Leonid Hurwicz was a Polish–American economist and mathematician, known for his work in game theory and mechanism design. He originated the concept of incentive compatibility, and showed how desired outcomes can be achieved by using incentive compatible mechanism design. Hurwicz shared the 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his seminal work on mechanism design. Hurwicz was one of the oldest Nobel Laureates, having received the prize at the age of 90."
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birthDate: "1917-08-21"
deathDate: "2008-06-24"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
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