罗伯特·J.巴罗，哈佛大学瓦格纳经济学讲座教授，斯坦福大学胡佛研究所高级研究员。由于在宏观经济学、经济增长、货币理论与政策等领域所做出的卓越贡献，罗伯特·J.巴罗被公认为是当今世界最具影响力的经济学家之一。他在理论和经验研究方面取得了大量开创性的研究成果，深刻影响了20世纪70年代以来的宏观经济学的诸多领域。

巴罗在许多大学任过教，同时，他还担任《华尔街日报》特约撰稿人和《商业周刊》专栏作家。《纽约时报》曾这样评论巴罗：“真正能将经济学的精髓准确地传递给非经济专业人士。”

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