Michael Meeropol

E1036508

academic economist human

Michael Meeropol is an American economist and academic best known as the elder son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, whose controversial espionage case and execution deeply shaped his public life and writings.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Michael Meeropol canonical	1
Robert Meeropol	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13392818 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Michael Meeropol
Context triple: [Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg, children, Michael Meeropol]

A. Jan Lustig
Jan Lustig was a screenwriter known for his work on mid-20th-century European cinema, including the 1953 film "Knights of the Round Table."
B. Lindy Laub
Lindy Laub is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the 1991 musical comedy-drama film "For the Boys."
C. Philip Mandelker
Philip Mandelker is a film and television producer best known for his work as an executive producer on projects such as "Something About Amelia."
D. Michael Berenbaum
Michael Berenbaum is an American film and television editor known for his work on numerous popular comedies and dramas.
E. Michael Berenbaum
Michael Berenbaum is an American scholar, rabbi, and Holocaust historian known for his work on Holocaust education, museum development, and numerous books and films on Jewish history and memory.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Michael Meeropol
Target entity description: Michael Meeropol is an American economist and academic best known as the elder son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, whose controversial espionage case and execution deeply shaped his public life and writings.

A. Jan Lustig
Jan Lustig was a screenwriter known for his work on mid-20th-century European cinema, including the 1953 film "Knights of the Round Table."
B. Lindy Laub
Lindy Laub is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the 1991 musical comedy-drama film "For the Boys."
C. Philip Mandelker
Philip Mandelker is a film and television producer best known for his work as an executive producer on projects such as "Something About Amelia."
D. Michael Berenbaum
Michael Berenbaum is an American scholar, rabbi, and Holocaust historian known for his work on Holocaust education, museum development, and numerous books and films on Jewish history and memory.
E. Michael Berenbaum
Michael Berenbaum is an American film and television editor known for his work on numerous popular comedies and dramas.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic ⓘ economist ⓘ human ⓘ
adoptiveFather	Abel Meeropol NERFINISHED ⓘ
adoptiveMother	Anne Meeropol NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthName	Michael Rosenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenshipStatus	American ⓘ
coAuthor	Robert Meeropol NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1943-03-10 ⓘ
educatedAt	King's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Swarthmore College NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Wisconsin–Madison ⓘ
employer	Roosevelt University NERFINISHED ⓘ Western New England College NERFINISHED ⓘ Western New England University NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	Meeropol NERFINISHED ⓘ
father	Julius Rosenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	economic history ⓘ economics ⓘ political economy ⓘ
genre	non-fiction ⓘ
hasAcademicSpecialization	U.S. economic policy ⓘ macroeconomic policy ⓘ
hasRole	author ⓘ commentator on U.S. politics ⓘ public intellectual ⓘ
hasTaughtAt	Roosevelt University Department of Economics NERFINISHED ⓘ Western New England University Department of Economics NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
mother	Ethel Rosenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableActivity	campaigning for re-evaluation of the Rosenberg trial ⓘ public speaking on Cold War justice issues ⓘ
notableFor	being the elder son of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg ⓘ public advocacy regarding the Rosenberg espionage case ⓘ
notableWork	Surrender: How the Clinton Administration Completed the Reagan Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ We Are Your Sons: The Legacy of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	economist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth	New York City ⓘ
politicalView	left-wing ⓘ
positionHeld	professor of economics ⓘ
residence	Massachusetts ⓘ
sibling	Robert Meeropol NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf	interviews about the Rosenberg case ⓘ
writingLanguage	English ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg → children → Michael Meeropol ⓘ

subject surface form: Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg