# Atif Mian

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{{Short description|Pakistani-American economist (born 1975)}}
{{Infobox academic
| name = Atif Mian
| birth_name = Atif Rehman Mian
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|6|28}}
| birth_place = [Lahore](/source/Lahore), [Punjab](/source/Punjab%2C_Pakistan), Pakistan
| education = [Massachusetts Institute of Technology](/source/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology) ([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts), [MA](/source/Master_of_Arts), [PhD](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy))
| doctoral_advisor = [Daron Acemoglu](/source/Daron_Acemoglu)
| occupation = [Economist](/source/Economist)
}}
 
'''Atif Rehman Mian''' ({{langx|ur|عاطف رحمان میاں}}; born 28 June 1975) is a [Pakistani-American](/source/Pakistani_Americans) [economist](/source/economist) who serves as the John H. Laporte Jr. Class of 1967 Professor of [Economics](/source/Economics), Public Policy, and Finance<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scholar.princeton.edu/atif/biocv |title=Home &#124; Atif Mian |publisher=Scholar.princeton.edu |access-date=2018-09-03}}</ref> at [Princeton University](/source/Princeton_University), and as the director of the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance at the [Princeton School of Public and International Affairs](/source/Princeton_School_of_Public_and_International_Affairs).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://jrc.princeton.edu/people |title=People &#124; The Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance |publisher=Jrc.princeton.edu |access-date=2018-09-03}}</ref> He received a [Guggenheim Fellowship in 2021](/source/List_of_Guggenheim_Fellowships_awarded_in_2021), and was elected Fellow of the Econometric Society in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Congratulations to our 2021 Fellows {{!}} The Econometric Society |url=https://www.econometricsociety.org/content/congratulations-our-2021-fellows |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=www.econometricsociety.org}}</ref>

His work focuses on the connections between [finance](/source/finance) and the [macro economy](/source/macroeconomics).{{r|cv}} He is the first person of [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan)i origin to rank among the top 25 young economists of the world.{{r|pdf}} In 2014, the [International Monetary Fund](/source/International_Monetary_Fund) (IMF) identified Atif as one of twenty-five young economists who it expects will shape the world's thinking about the global economy in the future.{{r|pdf}}

== Early life and education ==
Mian was born in [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan) to [Ahmadi](/source/Ahmadiyya) parents who were government [physician](/source/physician)s.<ref name="IMF"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Dawn.com |date=2018-09-04 |title='We will not bow to extremists': Govt hits back after vicious campaign targets Atif Mian |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1430925 |access-date=2026-01-08 |website=Dawn |language=en}}</ref> He grew up and received most of his early education in [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan).<ref name="IMF"/> Later, he pursued [engineering](/source/engineering) and received a [scholarship](/source/scholarship) to study at the [Massachusetts Institute of Technology](/source/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology) (MIT) at the age of 17. During his undergraduate studies, he shifted his focus to [mathematics](/source/mathematics) and [computer science](/source/computer_science) before studying [economics](/source/economics).<ref name="IMF">{{Cite web |title=Man With A Mission: Princeton Economist Atif Mian – IMF F&D |url=https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2019/09/profile-of-princeton-economist-atif-mian.htm |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=IMF}}</ref> He completed his undergraduate degree in 1996 and later briefly attended [Princeton University](/source/Princeton_University). He returned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology to earn his [PhD](/source/PhD) in 2001, with a dissertation on [banking](/source/banking) and governance.<ref name="IMF"/>

==Career==
Mian was a professor at the [University of Chicago](/source/University_of_Chicago) from 2001 to 2009 before moving to the [University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California%2C_Berkeley), where he taught until 2012. In 2012, he joined the faculty at Princeton.{{r|cv}}

In September 2018, [Pakistani Prime Minister](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Pakistan) [Imran Khan](/source/Imran_Khan) appointed Mian, an [Ahmadi Muslim](/source/Ahmadiyya), to serve on the [Economic Advisory Council](/source/Economic_Advisory_Council_(Pakistan)) to provide assistance on issues of economics and finance.{{r|ref1}} His appointment was criticized by groups opposed to government representation for religious minorities, and Mian was asked to resign a week after his appointment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/364299-imran-khan-govt-in-the-ye-of-the-storm|title=Atif R. Mian's appointment: Moment of truth for Imran Khan|work=The News|date=5 September 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1430925|title='We will not bow to extremists': Govt hits back after vicious campaign targets Atif Mian|date=4 September 2018|work=Dawn}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Chaudhry |first1=Dawn.com |title=Under pressure govt backtracks on Atif Mian's appointment; removes economist from advisory council |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1431495 |access-date=7 September 2018 |work=DAWN.COM |date=7 September 2018}}</ref> As a result, [Asim Ijaz Khwaja](/source/Asim_Ijaz_Khwaja) and [Imran Rasul](/source/Imran_Rasul) resigned from the council in protest.<ref>{{cite news |title=EAC loses one more Ivy League professor after Atif Mian |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/365268-after-atif-mian-eac-loses-one-more-ivy-league-professor |access-date=7 September 2018 |work=The News |date=7 September 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Asim Ijaz Khawaja, leading international economist quits Pakistan EAC as protest |url=https://timesofislamabad.com/07-Sep-2018/dr-asim-ijaz-khawaja-leading-international-economist-quits-pakistan-eac-as-protest |access-date=8 September 2018 |work=Times of Islamabad |date=7 September 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1798271/1-imran-rasul-resigns-eac-protest-atif-mians-removal/|title=Imran Rasul resigns from EAC in solidarity with Atif Mian|date=8 September 2018|publisher=The Express Tribune}}</ref> Mian's removal from the EAC received worldwide condemnation, including an open letter by leading economists including many Nobel laureates.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 90 economists, 8 Nobel laureates support Atif Mian over EAC's removal |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/367160-top-90-economists-8-nobel-laureates-support-atif-mian-over-eacs-removal |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=www.thenews.com.pk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Announcements {{!}} Timur Kuran |url=https://sites.duke.edu/timurkuran/announcements/ |access-date=2022-05-08 |language=en-US}}</ref> International media outlets such as [The Economist](/source/The_Economist) and [Financial Times](/source/Financial_Times) also criticised the move.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Stacey |first1=Kiran |last2=Bokhari |first2=Farhan |date=2018-09-10 |title=Imran Khan criticised for axing Ahmadi adviser |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/b1862f06-b4c1-11e8-bbc3-ccd7de085ffe |access-date=2022-05-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Pakistan's new government betrays the Ahmadi minority |newspaper=The Economist |url=https://www.economist.com/asia/2018/09/13/pakistans-new-government-betrays-the-ahmadi-minority |access-date=2022-05-08 |issn=0013-0613}}</ref>

==Writing==
Atif is the author of the critically acclaimed book ''[House of Debt](/source/House_of_Debt)'' (with [Amir Sufi](/source/Amir_Sufi), University of Chicago Press, 2014).<ref>{{cite web |title=House of Debt &#124; Atif Mian |url=https://scholar.princeton.edu/atif/houseofdebt |access-date=2018-09-03 |publisher=Scholar.princeton.edu}}</ref>{{r|akst|summers}} The book argues that debt caused the [Great Recession](/source/Great_Recession)—rather than failing banks, as the Bush and Obama administrations had diagnosed. His book was shortlisted for the ''[Financial Times](/source/Financial_Times)'' Business Book of the Year, and it won the Gordon J. Laing Prize of the University of Chicago Press.{{r|cv}}

==Personal life==
Around 1999, Atif Mian married his wife Ayesha, who he knew since childhood. They have three children, two daughters and a son.<ref name="IMF"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=Man With A Mission: Princeton Economist Atif Mian – IMF F&D |url=https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/fandd/issues/2019/09/profile-of-princeton-economist-atif-mian |access-date=2025-06-19 |website=IMF |language=en}}</ref>

==Recognition==
In 2021 Mian was named a [Fellow of the Econometric Society](/source/Fellow_of_the_Econometric_Society).{{r|fes}} He received a [Guggenheim Fellowship in 2021](/source/List_of_Guggenheim_Fellowships_awarded_in_2021).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Atif Mian |url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/atif-mian/ |access-date=2022-05-08 |website=John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2014, the [International Monetary Fund](/source/International_Monetary_Fund) (IMF) identified Atif as one of twenty-five young economists who it expects will shape the world's thinking about the global economy in the future.{{r|pdf}}

== References ==
{{Reflist|refs=

<ref name=akst>{{citation|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/book-review-house-of-debt-by-atif-mian-and-amir-sufi-1401317803|title=Book Review: 'House of Debt' by Atif Mian and Amir Sufi|newspaper=[The Wall Street Journal](/source/The_Wall_Street_Journal)|first=Daniel|last=Akst|date=May 28, 2014}}</ref>

<ref name=cv>{{citation|url=http://www.princeton.edu/~atif/AtifMianCV.pdf|title=Curriculum vitae|publisher=Princeton University|access-date=2017-05-21}}</ref>

<ref name=fes>{{citation|url=https://www.econometricsociety.org/content/congratulations-our-2021-fellows|title=Congratulations to our 2021 Fellows|publisher=The Econometric Society|date=September 22, 2021|access-date=2021-10-29}}</ref>

<ref name=pdf>{{citation|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/imf-lists-25-brightest-young-economists-1462827|title=IMF Lists 25 Brightest Young Economists|date=27 August 2014}}</ref>

<ref name=summers>{{citation|url=https://www.ft.com/content/3ec604c0-ec96-11e3-8963-00144feabdc0|newspaper=[Financial Times](/source/Financial_Times)|first=Lawrence|last=Summers|author-link=Lawrence Summers|date=June 6, 2014|title=Lawrence Summers on 'House of Debt'}}</ref>

<ref name=ref1>{{citation|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1430355|date=September 1, 2018|title=PM Khan forms 18-member Economic Advisory Council}}</ref>

}}

== External links ==
*[http://scholar.princeton.edu/atif Home page]
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