Alexander Eckstein (Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, December 9, 1915 – December 4, 1976, Ann Arbor, Michigan) was a professor of economics who worked at the University of Michigan.
[1] Eckstein's area of expertise was the Chinese economy.
[2] He played a notable role in the Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan and the development of Sino-US diplomacy (the so-called Ping-pong diplomacy) of the 1970s.
[1] He worked as an economist for the US State Department from 1951 to 1953 before joining Harvard University as a researcher and lecturer.
[1] He was professor of international economics at University of Rochester from 1959 to 1961.