September 22, 2020
We the undersigned express our support for the economic principles and policies of Joe Biden.
While each of us has different views on the particulars of various economic policies, we believe
that Biden’s overall economic agenda will improve our nation’s health, investment,
sustainability, resilience, employment opportunities, and fairness and be vastly superior to the
counterproductive economic policies of Donald Trump.
Throughout the coronavirus crisis, Biden has recognized that science-based, public health
solutions are critical not only to saving lives, but to any viable strategy to restore economic
confidence, recovery, and jobs. Similarly, on issue after issue, Biden’s economic agenda will do
far more than Donald Trump’s to increase the economic strength and well-being of our nation
and its people. Simply put, Biden’s policies will result in economic growth that is faster, more
robust, and more equitable.
Signed by 13 recipients of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences:
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George Akerlof – Professor, Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy
Peter Diamond – Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Oliver Hart – Professor, Harvard University
Eric Maskin – Professor, Harvard University
Daniel McFadden – Professor, University of California, Berkeley and University of
Southern California
Roger Myerson – Professor, University of Chicago
William Nordhaus – Professor, Yale University
Edmund Phelps – Professor and Director of the Center on Capitalism and Society,
Columbia University
Paul Romer – Professor, New York University
Robert Solow – Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Michael Spence – Professor and Dean Emeritus, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Joseph Stiglitz – Professor, Columbia University
Richard Thaler – Professor, University of Chicago Booth School of Business