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Alberto Alesina

1957 - 2020

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Alberto Francesco Alesina (29 April 1957 – 23 May 2020) was an Italian economist who was the Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University from 2003 until his death in 2020. He was known principally as an economist of politics and culture, and was famed for his usage of economic tools to study social and political issues. He was described as having “almost single-handedly” established the modern field of political economy, and as a likely contender for the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Alberto Alesina is the 385th most popular economist (down from 378th in 2024), the 4,316th most popular biography from Italy (down from 4,308th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Italian Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Alberto Alesina ranks 385 out of 414. Before him are Carmen Reinhart, Kenneth Rogoff, Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Zyta Gilowska, Michael Albert, and Sri Mulyani. After him are Martin Wolf, Natalie Jaresko, Clara Ponsatí, Thomas Chalmers, Lee Ju-ho, and Andrei Shleifer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Alberto Alesina ranks 588. Before him are Dani Levy, Keena Rothhammer, Lyubov Gurina, Kazuhito Mochizuki, Irina Nazarova, and Elmar Borrmann. After him are Bill Fagerbakke, Cam Clarke, Wendy Freedman, Pedrinho, Benoît Potier, and Amy Goodman. Among people deceased in 2020, Alberto Alesina ranks 766. Before him are Bernard Bailyn, Arnold Wolfendale, Aleksandr Kabanov, Nimmi, Benito Sarti, and Lori Nelson. After him are Yuko Takeuchi, Kevin Burnham, Rupert Hine, Carlos Girón, James Lipton, and Stuart Christie.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Alberto Alesina ranks 4,317 out of 5,161. Before him are Camila Giorgi (1991), Teresa Saponangelo (1973), Sandro Tonali (2000), Johann Passler (1961), Paolo Savoldelli (1973), and Alessandro Birindelli (1974). After him are Andrea Gardini (1965), Gaetano Manfredi (1964), Sara Tommasi (1981), Roberto Tricella (1959), Fabio Baldato (1968), and Beatrice Borromeo (1985).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Italy

Among economists born in Italy, Alberto Alesina ranks 12. Before him are Ferdinando Galiani (1728), Gian Domenico Romagnosi (1761), Pietro Verri (1728), Mariana Mazzucato (1968), Pier Carlo Padoan (1950), and Daniele Archibugi (1958).

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