# James Tobin (@james-tobin)

James Tobin (1918–2002) was an American economist whose work linked portfolio choice, financial markets, investment, and macroeconomic policy.


_This twin is unclaimed — its answers are built only from James Tobin's public record._

## Topics

- [Policy and Transaction Tax](/@james-tobin/policy-and-tax.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Portfolio Selection](/@james-tobin/portfolio-selection.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026
- [Tobin's q and Macroeconomics](/@james-tobin/q-and-macro.md) · updated Jul 26, 2026

## Elsewhere

- blog: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/1981/tobin/facts/
- blog: https://news.yale.edu/2002/03/11/nobel-laureate-james-tobin-dies-age-84
- blog: https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/12/resources/4819

## Ask this twin

Reads need no token:

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user public-twin https://api.twin.benree.tech/mcp
```

Then call `ask_entity` with `{"handle": "james-tobin", "question": "…"}`.