Arthur Melvin Okun (Jersey City, 28 de novembro de 1928 - Washington, D.C., 23 de março de 1980) foi um analista e chefe do Conselho de Assessores Económicos do Presidente dos Estados Unidos Lyndon B. Johnson. Estudou a relação entre o desemprego e o Produto Interno Bruto (PIB), e foi o formulador da Lei de Okun.
Obras Okun foi autor de diversos trabalhos, alguns dos quais publicadas postumamente. Equality and Efficiency: the Big Tradeoff, de 1975 é considerada sua principal obra. 1959, A Review of Some Economic Forecasts for 1955–57, Econometrica 1960, On the Appraisal of Cyclical Turning Point Predictors, Journal of Business 1960, The Value of Anticipations Data in Forecasting National Product, in Quality and Economic Significance of Anticipations Data 1962, Potential GNP: Its measurement and significance, Proceedings of ASA 1963, Comment on Friedman's and Schwartz's Money and Business Cycles, REStat 1963, Investment Demand at Full Employment, Proceedings of ASA 1963, Monetary Policy, Debt Management and Interest Rates: A Quantitative Appraisal, in Stabilization Policies 1970, The Political Economy of Prosperity 1973, Upward Mobility in a High-Pressure Economy, BPEA 1975, Inflation: Its mechanics and welfare costs, BPEA 1975, Equality and Efficiency: the Big Tradeoff 1978, Efficient Disinflationary Policies, AER 1980, Rational Expectations with Misperceptions as a Theory of the Business Cycle, JMCB 1981, Prices and Quantities: A macroeconomic analysis 1983, Economics for Policymaking: Selected Essays
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