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David Landes

1924 - 2013

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David Saul Landes (April 29, 1924 – August 17, 2013) was a professor of economics and of history at Harvard University. He is the author of Bankers and Pashas, Revolution in Time, The Unbound Prometheus, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations, and Dynasties. Such works have received both praise for detailed retelling of economic history, as well as scorn on charges of Eurocentrism, a charge he openly embraced, arguing that an explanation for an economic miracle that happened originally only in Europe must of necessity be a Eurocentric analysis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Landes is the 326th most popular economist (down from 303rd in 2019), the 8,523rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,549th in 2019) and the 107th most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, David Landes ranks 326 out of 414. Before him are Michael Kremer, Wesley Clair Mitchell, Walter Block, José Ángel Gurría, Ludwig Lachmann, and Anne Osborn Krueger. After him are Käthe Leichter, Robert Rubin, Anna Schwartz, Paul A. Baran, Bernard Lietaer, and John Lipsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, David Landes ranks 403. Before him are Pierre Adam, Michael Manley, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Klaus Junge, Julio Musimessi, and Buddy Hackett. After him are Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles, Ingrid Sandahl, Anatoli Bashashkin, Eugenio Scalfari, Thorbjørn Svenssen, and Antoine Cuissard. Among people deceased in 2013, David Landes ranks 371. Before him are John Eisenhower, Lidiya Vertinskaya, Vasile Tiță, Phil Ramone, Eddi Arent, and Denys de La Patellière. After him are Jiah Khan, Harold Agnew, Peter Gilmore, Lucyna Winnicka, Sakine Cansız, and Edward Stevens.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Landes ranks 8,525 out of 20,380. Before him are Jerry Hardin (1929), Haley Lu Richardson (1995), Eve Ensler (1953), Byron Haskin (1899), Karl-Anthony Towns (1995), and Ginnifer Goodwin (1978). After him are Ben Harper (1969), Sofia Carson (1993), Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (1829), Betsy Brandt (1976), Anthony Anderson (1970), and Laurance Rockefeller (1910).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, David Landes ranks 107. Before him are Seth Godin (1960), Lawrence Summers (1954), Michael Kremer (1964), Wesley Clair Mitchell (1874), Walter Block (1941), and Anne Osborn Krueger (1934). After him are Robert Rubin (1938), Anna Schwartz (1915), John Lipsky (1947), John R. Commons (1862), Don Patinkin (1922), and Fischer Black (1938).

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