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Steven Horwitz was born on 7 February, 1964 in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., is an American economist (1964–2021). Discover Steven Horwitz's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 57 years old?

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Age 57 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 7 February, 1964
Birthday 7 February
Birthplace Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Date of death 27 June, 2021
Died Place Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1964

Steven G. Horwitz (February 7, 1964 – June 27, 2021) was an American economist of the Austrian School.

Horwitz was the Distinguished Professor of Free Enterprise in the department of economics in the Miller College of Business at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

1981

He was raised in Oak Park, Michigan, and graduated from Berkley High School in Berkley, Michigan, in 1981.

1985

He graduated cum laude with an A.B. in economics and philosophy from the University of Michigan in 1985, where he was also active with several libertarian student groups and where he wrote and performed with the Sunday Funnies/Comedy Company sketch comedy group.

1987

He received his M.A. (1987) and Ph.D. (1990) in economics from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.

At George Mason, he studied with Don Lavoie (who chaired his dissertation committee), George Selgin, Karen Vaughn, James M. Buchanan, Don Boudreaux, and Richard E. Wagner.

1989

In 1989, Horwitz joined the economics department of St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York.

1993

In 1993, he was appointed the inaugural Flora Irene Eggleston Chair in Economics.

1995

He was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 1995 and to full professor in 2002.

1996

He was also a senior fellow of the Fraser Institute in Canada and had been a member of the Mont Pelerin Society since 1996.

1999

In 1999, he was awarded the annual Frank Piskor Lectureship, and in 2003 he was the recipient of the J. Calvin Keene award, which recognizes high standards of personal scholarship, effective teaching and moral concern.

2000

Most of Horwitz's professional work was in the area of monetary theory and macroeconomics from an Austrian school perspective, with his 2000 book Microfoundations and Macroeconomics: An Austrian Perspective best summarizing that work.

He had also contributed to Austrian economics and the history of economic thought, as well as the social thought of F. A. Hayek.

After that book, he explored the economics and social theory of the family, including his book Hayek's Modern Family: Classical Liberalism and the evolution of Social Institutions.

2001

At St. Lawrence, Horwitz served as the associate dean of the first year from 2001 to 2007, overseeing the university's First Year Program.

He consulted with other schools on living-learning programs and on teaching research and communication skills to first-year students.

2003

He was also interim director of the Center for Teaching and Learning in 2003–04.

He wrote two scholarly articles on Rush in 2003.

2007

In 2007, Horwitz was elected by the faculty to one of six campus-wide Charles A. Dana Professorships.

In summer 2007, he was a visiting scholar at the Social Philosophy and Policy Center at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio.

Horwitz was a senior affiliated scholar of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia, where he had conducted research on the role of Wal-Mart and the Coast Guard in the response to Hurricane Katrina.

2008

His "Open Letter to My Friends on the Left" in September 2008 was a widely read libertarian analysis of the mortgage crisis and has been translated into five languages.

He was a frequent op-ed contributor to major newspapers and appeared on numerous radio shows as well as TV appearances on Stossel, Freedom Watch, and Smerconish on CNN.

Horwitz identified himself as a bleeding-heart libertarian and was a regular contributor to the Bleeding Heart Libertarians weblog.

He also contributed to Coordination Problem.

Outside of his professional interests, Horwitz was a fan of hockey, especially the Detroit Red Wings, and classic rock, especially Rush.

2017

In 2017, he retired as the Dana Professor of Economics Emeritus at St. Lawrence University.

Horwitz was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Ronald and Carol Horwitz.

In fall 2017, Horwitz joined the department of economics at Ball State University as distinguished professor of free enterprise.

He was also the director of the Institute for the Study of Political Economy.

Horwitz was a long-time faculty member at the summer seminars of the Institute for Humane Studies and the Foundation for Economic Education.

Horwitz was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2017.

He was public about his treatment and raised funds for multiple myeloma research on social media and in interviews.

He died on June 27, 2021.

He was married to Sarah Skwire, a senior fellow and director of communications at Liberty Fund, and they resided in Fishers, Indiana, with her two daughters.

He had two children, Andrew and Rachel, from a previous marriage.

Horwitz was Jewish.

2019

In 2019, he received the Prometheus Award for the Promotion of Economic Literacy from the Greek think tank KEFiM.

2020

Horwitz was the 2020 recipient of the Julian L. Simon Memorial Award from the Competitive Enterprise Institute, honoring his work documenting human progress and the importance of liberal institutions.