ECONOMIST

Harold Laski

1893 - 1950

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Harold Joseph Laski (30 June 1893 – 24 March 1950) was an English political theorist and economist. He was active in politics and served as the chairman of the British Labour Party from 1945 to 1946 and was a professor at the London School of Economics from 1926 to 1950. He first promoted pluralism by emphasising the importance of local voluntary communities such as trade unions. After 1930, he began to emphasize the need for a workers' revolution, which he hinted might be violent. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harold Laski is the 245th most popular economist (down from 188th in 2019), the 2,808th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,712th in 2019) and the 35th most popular British Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Harold Laski ranks 245 out of 414. Before him are Johann Karl Rodbertus, Grigory Yavlinsky, Guy Standing, Leszek Balcerowicz, Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Roscher, and Ellen Swallow Richards. After him are Adam Müller, Andreas Kaplan, Dennis Meadows, Ragnar Nurkse, Étienne Laspeyres, and Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Harold Laski ranks 167. Before him are Henry Murray, Aarre Merikanto, Ramón Encinas, Cedric Hardwicke, Willy Böckl, and Harry Stenqvist. After him are Karimeh Abbud, Stanisław Szukalski, Fay Bainter, Jamil Mardam Bey, Ralph Linton, and Bugs Moran. Among people deceased in 1950, Harold Laski ranks 107. Before him are Dimitri Uznadze, Al Jolson, Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, Heinrich Tessenow, Karin Michaëlis, and Arthur Jeffrey Dempster. After him are Miklós Bánffy, Charles Gmelin, Ken Huszagh, Walton Walker, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Carlos Delgado Chalbaud.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Harold Laski ranks 2,809 out of 8,785. Before him are Joseph Larmor (1857), John Winthrop (1588), Richard Hakluyt (1552), John Terry (1980), Anthony Horowitz (1955), and Cuthred of Wessex (750). After him are Vanessa Angel (1966), John Cockerill (1790), Alexander Albon (1996), Gilbert Walker (1868), Bobby Sands (1954), and William Turner (1510).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United Kingdom

Among economists born in United Kingdom, Harold Laski ranks 35. Before him are Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield (1859), Joan Robinson (1903), Israel Kirzner (1930), James Steuart (1712), Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury (1948), and Colin Clark (1905). After him are Roy Harrod (1900), Maurice Dobb (1900), G. D. H. Cole (1889), Nassau William Senior (1790), Thomas Hodgskin (1787), and John Neville Keynes (1852).

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