## Remembering Michael Mussa

_IMF Blog, January 17, 2012_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: January 17, 2012

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### Overview and obituary notice
- Date of publication: January 17, 2012
- Sad to hear about the death of Michael Mussa, the IMF's witty and trenchant former chief economist for nearly a decade, who resigned in 2001. He was 67.
- Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the IMF, made the following statement.

### Public recognition and commentary
- The Wall Street Journal: said the former Chicago University professor did not shy away from controversy.
- The Washington Post: said he helped shape the IMF's responses to financial crises in the 1990s.
- Paul Krugman: said his most influential work was on currency regimes.
- As a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute, Mussa was well known for his semiannual forecasts of global economic growth, conveyed with tough assessments, clarity of expression, and biting wit.

### Career highlights and affiliations
- Served as the Fund's Economic Counsellor and Director of the Research Department from 1991 to 2001.
- Member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers from 1986 to 1988.
- Professor at:
  - University of Chicago
  - University of Rochester
  - City University of New York
  - London School of Economics
  - Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva, Switzerland
- The IMF's Research Department organized a conference in his honor called “MussaFest” to mark his 60th birthday in 2004.

### Research focus and influence
- Studied extensively the macroeconomic problems inherent to open economies.
- Applied his knowledge to the design of economic policy and prevention of crises for developing and developed countries.
- Contributed widely and influentially to economic theory and empirics.
- His contributions inspired many economists in the academic world and at the IMF.

### Available materials referenced on the page
- Address on global integration at Jackson Hole in 2000.
- Analysis of the Fund's approach to macroeconomics.
- Video of his assessment of recent economic conditions from last September.

*Source: IMF web page "Remembering Michael Mussa", January 17, 2012.*

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## References

- [https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/michael-mussa.jpg](https://www.imf.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/michael-mussa.jpg)
- [resigned in 2001](http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/nb/2001/nb0125.htm)
- [statement](http://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/pr/2012/pr1212.htm)
- [conference](http://www.imf.org/external/np/res/seminars/2004/mussa/)
- [address](http://www.imf.org/external/np/speeches/2000/082500.htm)
- [here](http://www.imf.org/external/np/apd/asia/MUSSA.HTM)

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