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Friedrich Hayek

1899 - 1992

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Friedrich August von Hayek (8 May 1899 – 23 March 1992) was an Austrian-born British academic and philosopher. He is known for his contributions to political economy, political philosophy and intellectual history. Hayek shared the 1974 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with Gunnar Myrdal for work on money and economic fluctuations, and the interdependence of economic, social and institutional phenomena. His account of how prices communicate information is widely regarded as an important contribution to economics that led to him receiving the prize. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Hayek is the 8th most popular economist (down from 7th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Austria (down from 34th in 2019) and the most popular Austrian Economist.

Friedrich Hayek is most famous for his work in economics and political philosophy. His most famous work was The Road to Serfdom, which argued that socialism and central planning inevitably lead to totalitarianism.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Friedrich Hayek ranks 8 out of 414. Before him are Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, David Ricardo, Thomas Robert Malthus, John Stuart Mill, and Herbert A. Simon. After him are Frédéric Passy, Vilfredo Pareto, Milton Friedman, François Quesnay, Joseph Schumpeter, and Mario Draghi.

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Among people born in 1899, Friedrich Hayek ranks 10. Before him are Alfred Hitchcock, Frederick IX of Denmark, Al Capone, Lavrentiy Beria, Vladimir Nabokov, and Yasunari Kawabata. After him are Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Humphrey Bogart, Macfarlane Burnet, Francis Poulenc, Paul-Henri Spaak, and László Bíró. Among people deceased in 1992, Friedrich Hayek ranks 6. Before him are Marlene Dietrich, Isaac Asimov, Grace Hopper, Alexander Dubček, and Willy Brandt. After him are Astor Piazzolla, Menachem Begin, Mikhail Tal, Olivier Messiaen, John Cage, and Francis Bacon.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Friedrich Hayek ranks 48 out of 1,424. Before him are Viktor Frankl (1905), Hedy Lamarr (1914), Archduchess Gisela of Austria (1856), Karl Landsteiner (1868), Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor (1557), and Otto of Greece (1815). After him are Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (1415), Anton Webern (1883), Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria (1833), Otto von Habsburg (1912), Pope Gregory V (972), and Wolfgang Pauli (1900).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Austria

Among economists born in Austria, Friedrich Hayek ranks 1. After him are Karl Polanyi (1886), Friedrich von Wieser (1851), Rudolf Hilferding (1877), Fritz Machlup (1902), Bruno de Finetti (1906), Käthe Leichter (1895), and Gottfried Haberler (1900).

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