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15 Famous Economists and Their Contributions That’ll Truly ...

    A list of famous economists from Adam Smith to John M. Keynes.

Biography of Top 30 Economists of the World

    Susan Howson tells the story of his life, from his birth on a farm just outside London, through his military service in the First World War to his career as an economist.

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    With a quality biography, you can obtain a better understanding of the economist’s background and thinking.

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  • Milton Friedman is the twentieth century's most prominent economist advocate of free markets.

    • Economists' Lives: Biography and Autobiography in the History of Economics

    Economists' Lives: Biography and Autobiography in the History of Economics. 2007. Edited by E. Roy Weintraub and Evelyn L. Forget. Supplement to volume 39 of HOPE. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.

    "Introduction," by E. Roy Weintraub and Evelyn L. Forget (pp. 1–6). Historians of economics are only now coming to terms with the role of biography and autobiography in the history of the discipline.

    Part 1. Stage Setting

    "Rediscovering Intellectual Biography—and Its Limits," by Malachi Hacohen (pp. 9–29). Biography, with all its limits, is indespensible in the history of ideas for explaining intellectual change and the acquisition of new ideas.

    "Is Autobiography Anti-academic and Uneconomical? Some Thoughts on Academic Autobiography," by Jeremy D. Popkin (pp. 30–47). Economists' autobiographies, tending to date to be largely impersonal, raise questions about the relationship between i

    Adam Smith: Biography, Scottish Philosopher, Economist

      David Ricardo (1772 – 1823) British political economist.
    milton friedman contribution to economics John Maynard Keynes, English economist, journalist, and financier best known for his economic theories on the causes of prolonged unemployment.
    milton friedman theory This is a rich genre that is under-appreciated.
    friedrich hayek economic theory For more biographies of famous economists, see the Biographies section in the The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics.

    Famous economists - Biography Online

  • Lionel Robbins was very important in twentieth-century British economics, primarily because he was a key figure at the London School of Economics, which by mid-century came to dominate the field.

    • Maynard Keynes: An Economist's Biography -

  • The most complete biography of the economist who did more than any other to inspire free-market reforms around the world in the 1980s.
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    Biography - Columbia Business School

  • I began my professional career in economics as an econometrician, producing a Ph.D.