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My Take
Laura Tyson is the embodiment of the public intellectual done right. It is one thing to be a distinguished economist; it is another to carry that scholarship out of the lecture hall and into the machinery of actual policy. I admire how she bridged rigorous economic thinking with real-world governance, helping translate theory into decisions that shape lives. She did this in eras when women at the top of economics were far scarcer than today, which makes her path all the more striking. The Berlin Prize and her long academic standing only confirm what I already suspected: this is substance, not flash, and substance ages beautifully.
Overview
Laura D'Andrea Tyson (born June 28, 1947) is an American economist and university administrator who is currently a Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School at the Haas School of Business of the University of California, Berkeley and a senior fellow at the Berggruen Institute.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Laura Tyson
- Name (Japanese)
- ローラ・タイソン
- Reading
- ろーら・たいそん
- Born
- June 28, 1947 (age 78)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Boar
- Origin
- Bayonne, New Jersey, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- economist / university teacher / politician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Smith College
Awards & achievements
- 2019 Berlin Prize
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.