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Arthur Cecil Pigou

1877 - 1959

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Arthur Cecil Pigou (; 18 November 1877 – 7 March 1959) was an English economist. As a teacher and builder of the School of Economics at the University of Cambridge, he trained and influenced many Cambridge economists who went on to take chairs of economics around the world. His work covered various fields of economics, particularly welfare economics, but also included business cycle theory, unemployment, public finance, index numbers, and measurement of national output. His reputation was affected adversely by influential economic writers who used his work as the basis on which to define their own opposing views. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Cecil Pigou is the 100th most popular economist (down from 69th in 2019), the 1,017th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 641st in 2019) and the 18th most popular British Economist.

Arthur Cecil Pigou was a British economist who is most famous for his work on welfare economics. He was also a founding member of the Econometric Society.

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Among economists, Arthur Cecil Pigou ranks 100 out of 414. Before him are Richard Stone, Jean-Claude Trichet, John A. Hobson, George Stigler, James Meade, and Claudia Goldin. After him are Dale T. Mortensen, Thomas Mun, Bengt Holmström, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi, Edward C. Prescott, and Robert Fogel.

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Among people born in 1877, Arthur Cecil Pigou ranks 35. Before him are Karl Abraham, Emil Abderhalden, Plutarco Elías Calles, Oswald Avery, Alfred Kubin, and Said Nursî. After him are André Maginot, Alben W. Barkley, Princess Auguste of Bavaria, Rudolf Hilferding, Rosika Schwimmer, and Shefqet Vërlaci. Among people deceased in 1959, Arthur Cecil Pigou ranks 37. Before him are Edmond Debeaumarché, Jose P. Laurel, Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Wanda Landowska, Raphael Lemkin, and Alfred Kubin. After him are Edward C. Tolman, John Foster Dulles, Ichirō Hatoyama, Mario Lanza, Sisavang Vong, and Sidney Bechet.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur Cecil Pigou ranks 1,017 out of 8,785. Before him are Reginald Lee (1870), Beorhtric of Wessex (800), David I of Scotland (1084), Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (1430), Oliver Sacks (1933), and Ian McDiarmid (1944). After him are James Gregory (1638), Godfrey Hounsfield (1919), John of Salisbury (1110), Freeman Dyson (1923), Lewis Fry Richardson (1881), and Danny Boyle (1956).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United Kingdom

Among economists born in United Kingdom, Arthur Cecil Pigou ranks 18. Before him are Benjamin Graham (1894), Beatrice Webb (1858), William Stanley Jevons (1835), Richard Stone (1913), John A. Hobson (1858), and James Meade (1907). After him are Thomas Mun (1571), James Mirrlees (1936), James Mill (1773), Clive Granger (1934), Tony Atkinson (1944), and Angus Deaton (1945).

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