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Albert O. Hirschman

1915 - 2012

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Albert Otto Hirschman (born Otto-Albert Hirschmann; April 7, 1915 – December 10, 2012) was a German economist and the author of several books on political economy and political ideology. His first major contribution was in the area of development economics, emphasizing the need for unbalanced growth. He argued that disequilibria should be encouraged to stimulate growth and help mobilize resources, because developing countries are short of decision-making skills. Key to this was encouraging industries with many linkages to other firms. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Albert O. Hirschman is the 81st most popular economist (up from 229th in 2019), the 902nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,432nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular German Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Albert O. Hirschman ranks 81 out of 414. Before him are Robert Solow, Murray Rothbard, Finn E. Kydland, Beatrice Webb, Tjalling Koopmans, and Oliver E. Williamson. After him are James M. Buchanan, Cornelius Castoriadis, Eugen Dühring, William Stanley Jevons, Irving Fisher, and Nikolai Kondratiev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Albert O. Hirschman ranks 39. Before him are Curd Jürgens, Les Paul, Henry Taube, Geraldine of Albania, Paul Tibbets, and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. After him are Helmut Schön, Thomas Huckle Weller, Modibo Keïta, Aziz Nesin, Brother Roger, and Rudolf Kirchschläger. Among people deceased in 2012, Albert O. Hirschman ranks 49. Before him are Mike Wallace, Ravi Shankar, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Stephen Covey, Sven Hassel, and Jean Giraud. After him are Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Dick Clark, Rodney King, Rauf Denktaş, Renato Dulbecco, and Erland Josephson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Albert O. Hirschman ranks 902 out of 7,253. Before him are Wilhelm Kempff (1895), Hans Fallada (1893), Theodor Fontane (1819), Frederica of Baden (1781), Constantin Fehrenbach (1852), and Hardy Krüger (1928). After him are Udo Kier (1944), Ernest, Elector of Saxony (1441), Joachim Frank (1940), Nastassja Kinski (1961), Hartmut Michel (1948), and Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1876).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Germany

Among economists born in Germany, Albert O. Hirschman ranks 6. Before him are Karl Marx (1818), Klaus Schwab (1938), Wassily Leontief (1906), Werner Sombart (1863), and Friedrich List (1789). After him are Eugen Dühring (1833), Johann Heinrich von Thünen (1783), Franz Oppenheimer (1864), Alfred Weber (1868), Lorenz von Stein (1815), and Hermann Heinrich Gossen (1810).

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