title: Asher Achinstein
text: # Asher Achinstein
  
  Asher Achinstein (December 6, 1900 – September 20, 1998) was an American economist and a member of the Council of Economic Advisors during the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Achinstein was born on December 6, 1900, in New York City. He was Jewish. He graduated with a B.A. from the City College of New York and with a M.A. and PhD. from Columbia University. He worked for the New York State Board of Housing. In 1951, he accepted a position with the Legislative Reference Service of the Library of Congress conducting economic research for the members of Congress; he remained in the position until 1970. In 1954, he was appointed to the Council of Economic Advisers by President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
  
  In 1950, Achinstein published Introduction to Business Cycles.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  In the 1930s, he married Betty Comras (died 1964); they had one son, philosopher Peter J. Achinstein. In 1965, he married Martha Levitsky. He died on September 20, 1998, in Cross Keys.
  
  