Rüdiger "Rudi" Dornbusch (June 8, 1942 – July 25, 2002) was a German economist who worked in the United States for most of his career.

[8] After completing his secondary education at the Gymnasium am Moltkeplatz, he studied political science at the University of Geneva, and received his undergraduate degree (licence en sciences politiques) from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in 1966.

According to some of his students and associates his talent was to extract the heart of a problem and make it understandable in simple terms.

For example, he explained fluctuations in prices and exchange rates with great clarity (notably with his overshooting model).

[10] He worked also for the International Monetary Fund, contributing to the development of stabilisation policies, especially for Latin American countries.