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Erik Thorbecke, economist with global impact, dies at 97
May 11, 2026
ITHACA, New York, May 11 -- Cornell University posted the following news:

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Erik Thorbecke, economist with global impact, dies at 97

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Erik Thorbecke, one of the creators of a widely used metric for measuring poverty, died on April 26 in Fort Bragg, California. He was 97.

Thorbecke joined Cornell in 1974, serving as the H.E. Babcock Professor of Economics and Food Economics in the Department of Economics (College of Arts and S . . .

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