Edward C. Prescott

Edward Christian Prescott (December 26, 1940 — November 6, 2022) is an American economist. He received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2004, sharing the award with Finn E. Kydland, "for their contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles". 
In August 2014, Prescott was appointed as an Adjunct Distinguished Economic Professor at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, Australia.
Prescott died on November 6, 2022 at the age of 81.