What is William Baumol?
{{Infobox person | name = William Baumol | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|02|26}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|5|4|1922|2|26}} | death_place = New York City, New York, United States | nationality = [[United States]] | alma_mater = [[London School of Economics]] <small>(Ph.D. 1949)</small><br />[[City College of New York|College of the City of New York]] <small>(B.Sc. 1942)</small> | opposed = | awards = | signature = <!-- file name only --> }} [[File:Baumol - Precursors in mathematical economics, 1968 - 5895607.tif |thumb|''Precursors in mathematical economics'', 1968]] '''William Jack Baumol''' (February 26, 1922 &ndash; May 4, 2017) was an [[Americans|American]] economist. He was a professor of [[economics]] at [[New York University]]. He was also a [[Emeritus|retired professor]] at [[Princeton University]]. Baumol has written many books about [[labor market]] and other issues that affect the economy.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Baumol |first=W. J. |year=1972 |title=On Taxation and the Control of Externalities |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_american-economic-review_1972-06_62_3/page/307 |journal=American Economic Review |volume=62 |issue=3 |pages=307–322 |doi= |jstor=1803378}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url = http://swopec.hhs.se/hastef/abs/hastef0532.htm |author = Eliasson, Gunnar and Magnus Henrekson |year = 2004 |title = William J. Baumol: An Entrepreneurial Economist on the Economics of Entrepreneurship |journal = Small Business Economics |volume = 23 |number = 1 |pages = 1–7 |doi = 10.1023/B:SBEJ.0000026049.86377.df |s2cid = 154386348 |url-status = live |accessdate = October 14, 2013 |archive-date = December 4, 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191204215247/https://swope