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Friedrich List

1789 - 1846

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Daniel Friedrich List (6 August 1789 – 30 November 1846) was a German entrepreneur, diplomat, economist and political theorist who developed the nationalist theory of political economy in both Europe and the United States. He was a forefather of the German historical school of economics and argued for the Zollverein (a pan-German customs union) from a nationalist standpoint. He advocated raising tariffs on imported goods while supporting free trade of domestic goods and stated the cost of a tariff should be seen as an investment in a nation's future productivity. His theories and writing also influenced the American school of economics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich List is the 71st most popular economist (down from 43rd in 2019), the 821st most popular biography from Germany (down from 579th in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Economist.

Friedrich List was a German economist who was most famous for his "National System of Political Economy" which advocated protectionism and government intervention in the economy.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Friedrich List ranks 71 out of 414. Before him are Bernard Mandeville, Franco Modigliani, Lawrence Klein, Kenneth Arrow, Robert Mundell, and Benjamin Graham. After him are Thorstein Veblen, Gérard Debreu, James Tobin, Robert Solow, Murray Rothbard, and Finn E. Kydland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1789, Friedrich List ranks 8. Before him are Augustin-Louis Cauchy, Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, James Fenimore Cooper, Princess Charlotte of Denmark, William John Swainson, and María Isabella of Spain. After him are Stéphanie de Beauharnais, Horace Vernet, Johann Friedrich Overbeck, Heinrich Schwabe, Maria Szymanowska, and Abbas Mirza. Among people deceased in 1846, Friedrich List ranks 5. Before him are Pope Gregory XVI, Louis Bonaparte, Friedrich Bessel, and Emperor Ninkō. After him are Francis IV, Duke of Modena, Andrew Kim Taegon, Rodolphe Töpffer, Otto von Kotzebue, Adam Johann von Krusenstern, Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg, and Jean-Gaspard Deburau.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich List ranks 821 out of 7,253. Before him are Frederick Augustus III of Saxony (1865), Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1851), Eduard Dietl (1890), Karl Ludwig Harding (1765), Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria (1869), and Arthur Nebe (1894). After him are Wilhelm Bittrich (1894), Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg (1414), Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (1636), Johann Tetzel (1460), Ferdinand von Lindemann (1852), and Carl Spitzweg (1808).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Germany

Among economists born in Germany, Friedrich List ranks 5. Before him are Karl Marx (1818), Klaus Schwab (1938), Wassily Leontief (1906), and Werner Sombart (1863). After him are Albert O. Hirschman (1915), Eugen Dühring (1833), Johann Heinrich von Thünen (1783), Franz Oppenheimer (1864), Alfred Weber (1868), Lorenz von Stein (1815), and Hermann Heinrich Gossen (1810).

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