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Gordon Tullock

1922 - 2014

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Gordon Tullock (; February 13, 1922 – November 3, 2014) was an American professor of law and economics at the George Mason University School of Law. He is best known for his work on public choice theory, the application of economic thinking to political issues. He was one of the founding figures in his field. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gordon Tullock is the 297th most popular economist (down from 284th in 2019), the 7,055th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,805th in 2019) and the 95th most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Gordon Tullock ranks 297 out of 414. Before him are Max O. Lorenz, Bruno de Finetti, Petr Aven, Paul Sweezy, Zbigniew Messner, and Abhijit Banerjee. After him are Inger Andersen, Kenichi Ohmae, Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Jesús Huerta de Soto, Philippe Van Parijs, and Haruhiko Kuroda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Gordon Tullock ranks 292. Before him are Aldo Ballarin, Vesna Parun, René Bader, Lukas Foss, José Craveirinha, and Stig Sundqvist. After him are José Luis López Vázquez, Félix Loustau, Dora Doll, Osvaldo Fattori, Riccardo Carapellese, and Frédéric Rossif. Among people deceased in 2014, Gordon Tullock ranks 311. Before him are Dave Legeno, William Guarnere, Helen Johns, Urs Widmer, Zbigniew Messner, and Leonid Stadnyk. After him are Licia Albanese, Stefan Bozhkov, Milan Horvat, Dorothy Tyler-Odam, Takako Doi, and Bobby Keys.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gordon Tullock ranks 7,057 out of 20,380. Before him are Phil McGraw (1950), Marcia Neugebauer (1932), Matt Bloom (1972), Peter Greene (1965), Marta Kauffman (1956), and Mary Lou Williams (1910). After him are Nate Brooks (1933), Gary Dourdan (1966), Ted Neeley (1943), Sabin Carr (1904), Clint Walker (1927), and Rick Husband (1957).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Gordon Tullock ranks 95. Before him are Philip H. Dybvig (1955), Arthur Laffer (1940), Herman Daly (1938), Robert Barro (1944), Max O. Lorenz (1876), and Paul Sweezy (1910). After him are Armen Alchian (1914), Anthony Downs (1930), Charles P. Kindleberger (1910), Richard D. Wolff (1942), Alan Krueger (1960), and Seth Godin (1960).

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