Summary: Who was William Baumol? Source: Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economics Association William Baumol was an economist who taught for years at Princeton. He died last week at the age of 95. He had a long and productive career, writing papers and books over the course of seven decades. He is perhaps best known for his theorem on wages, Baumol’s Cost Disease, which explains why cars and computers get cheaper while haircuts and college tuition get more […]
