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Bernard Mandeville

1670 - 1733

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Bernard Mandeville, or Bernard de Mandeville (; 15 November 1670 – 21 January 1733), was an Anglo-Dutch philosopher, political economist, satirist, writer and physician. Born in Rotterdam, he lived most of his life in England and used English for most of his published works. He became famous for The Fable of the Bees. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernard Mandeville is the 65th most popular economist (down from 45th in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 82nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Economist.

Bernard Mandeville was a Dutch philosopher who was most famous for his book The Fable of the Bees. In it, he argued that private vices, like greed, envy, and vanity, are actually public virtues.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Bernard Mandeville ranks 65 out of 414. Before him are Frédéric Bastiat, Reinhard Selten, Douglass North, William Vickrey, Lionel Robbins, and Wang Anshi. After him are Franco Modigliani, Lawrence Klein, Kenneth Arrow, Robert Mundell, Benjamin Graham, and Friedrich List.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1670, Bernard Mandeville ranks 3. Before him are Augustus II the Strong, and Giovanni Bononcini. After him are Antonio Caldara, Turlough O'Carolan, John Toland, Maria Margaretha Kirch, Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg, Rajaram I, Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine, James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, and Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken. Among people deceased in 1733, Bernard Mandeville ranks 3. Before him are Augustus II the Strong, and François Couperin. After him are Georg Böhm, Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Tsarevna Catherine Ivanovna of Russia, Pieter van der Aa, Nicolas Coustou, Robert de Visée, Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, and John Christian, Count Palatine of Sulzbach.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Bernard Mandeville ranks 112 out of 1,646. Before him are Pieter Aertsen (1508), Lucas van Leyden (1494), Edsger W. Dijkstra (1930), Harry Mulisch (1927), Norbert of Xanten (1080), and Jacobus Arminius (1560). After him are Willem Schouten (1567), Willem Claesz. Heda (1594), Gerard David (1450), Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727), Jan Swammerdam (1637), and Anton Mauve (1838).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Netherlands

Among economists born in Netherlands, Bernard Mandeville ranks 2. Before him are Jan Tinbergen (1903). After him are Tjalling Koopmans (1910), Mark Blaug (1927), Guido Imbens (1963), and Euclid Tsakalotos (1960).

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