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Gustav Cassel

1866 - 1945

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Karl Gustav Cassel (20 October 1866 – 14 January 1945) was a Swedish economist and professor of economics at Stockholm University. Cassel was among the most prominent economists in the world in the interwar period. He made contributions to the study of value, monetary policy, and business cycles. Cassel was influential in Swedish debates about central planning in the early 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gustav Cassel is the 189th most popular economist (up from 205th in 2019), the 339th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 369th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swedish Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Gustav Cassel ranks 189 out of 414. Before him are Myron Scholes, Francis Ysidro Edgeworth, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Michel Camdessus, Walter Eucken, and Peter Navarro. After him are Kenneth E. Boulding, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Daniel Ellsberg, Thomas Piketty, Nikolay Danilevsky, and Benjamin Tucker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Gustav Cassel ranks 56. Before him are Maria Letizia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta, Vasily Kalinnikov, Joel Hastings Metcalf, Johann Strauss III, Kazys Grinius, and Elizabeth von Arnim. After him are Kazimierz Twardowski, Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin, Reginald Fessenden, Holger Nielsen, Alikhan Bukeikhanov, and Robert Broom. Among people deceased in 1945, Gustav Cassel ranks 161. Before him are Martin Luther, Alla Nazimova, Pavle Đurišić, Jacques Doriot, Frank Chapman, and Peter Högl. After him are Bertram Ramsay, Fritz Klingenberg, Achille Starace, Kitaro Nishida, Joseph Darnand, and Helmuth James von Moltke.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gustav Cassel ranks 339 out of 1,879. Before him are Pernilla August (1958), Lars Lagerbäck (1948), Alf Sjöberg (1903), Nicodemus Tessin the Younger (1654), Sigrid of Sweden (1566), and Magnus Stenbock (1664). After him are Jan Troell (1931), Sophie Adlersparre (1823), Allan Edwall (1924), Amalia Lindegren (1814), Johan Gunnar Andersson (1874), and Rogvolod (901).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Sweden

Among economists born in Sweden, Gustav Cassel ranks 5. Before him are Gunnar Myrdal (1898), Bertil Ohlin (1899), Knut Wicksell (1851), and Eli Heckscher (1879). After him are Erik Lindahl (1891).

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