Richard Newell Cooper (June 14, 1934 – December 23, 2020)[1][2][3] was an American economist, policy adviser, and academic.
[citation needed] Cooper served on the Council of Economic Advisers from 1961 to 1963 as the senior staff economist.
[4] Cooper briefly served as acting Secretary of State under President Jimmy Carter for a few hours on May 3, 1980.
In 1981, Cooper became Maurits C. Boas Professor of International Economics at Harvard University.
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