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Anne Osborn Krueger

Anne Osborn Krueger, American economist and academic

Born
February 12, 1934
Age in 2026
92
Zodiac sign
Aquarius
Birth year
1934

About Anne Osborn Krueger

Anne Osborn Krueger is an American economist. She was the World Bank Chief Economist from 1982 to 1986, and the first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 2001 to 2006. She is currently the senior research professor of international economics at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C. She also is a senior fellow of Center for International Development and the Herald L. and Caroline Ritch Emeritus Professor of Sciences and Humanities' Economics Department at Stanford University. She first started teaching at the University of Wisconsin as a teaching assistant in 1955 and then became an economics professor in 1958. In 2005, she was awarded the prestigious title of Honorary Patron of the University Philosophical Society, Trinity College Dublin. In 2010, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from her alma mater, Oberlin College.

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Anne Osborn Krueger timeline

  1. She first started teaching at the University of Wisconsin as a teaching assistant in 1955 and then became an economics professor in 1958.
  2. In 2005, she was awarded the prestigious title of Honorary Patron of the University Philosophical Society, Trinity College Dublin.
  3. In 2010, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from her alma mater, Oberlin College.

The world when Anne Osborn Krueger was born

Anne Osborn Krueger was born in 1934. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1934

  • #1 song"Stars Fell on Alabama"
  • Top movieIt Happened One Night
  • Best-selling bookTender Is the Night – F. Scott Fitzgerald

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst Masters Tournament held at Augusta National
  • Top headlineFBI kills John Dillinger outside a Chicago theater
  • Technology milestoneFirst streamlined passenger train (Burlington Zephyr)
  • Defining fadShirley Temple mania
  • Notable inventionLaundromat
  • World population2.20 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • U.S. population126.4M

1934 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Anne Osborn Krueger's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19342026
Gas$0.19$3.45/gal
Average home$4,900$435,000
Average income$2,500$67,500
Minimum wage$0.25$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.20$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population126.4M341 million

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