# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-baumol
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:23:52.217Z

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name: "William Baumol"
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description: "William Jack Baumol was an American economist. He was a professor of economics at New York University, Academic Director of the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and professor emeritus at Princeton University. He was a prolific author of more than eighty books and several hundred journal articles. He is the namesake of the Baumol effect."
tagline: "American economist (1922-2017)"
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birthDate: "1922-02-26"
deathDate: "2017-05-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump