ECONOMIST

Jacob Viner

1892 - 1970

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Jacob Viner (3 May 1892 – 12 September 1970) was a Canadian economist and is considered with Frank Knight and Henry Simons to be one of the "inspiring" mentors of the early Chicago school of economics in the 1930s: he was one of the leading figures of the Chicago faculty. Paul Samuelson named Viner (along with Harry Gunnison Brown, Allyn Abbott Young, Henry Ludwell Moore, Frank Knight, Wesley Clair Mitchell, and Henry Schultz) as one of the several "American saints in economics" born after 1860. He was an important figure in the field of political economy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacob Viner is the 334th most popular economist (up from 338th in 2019), the 506th most popular biography from Canada (down from 460th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Canadian Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Jacob Viner ranks 334 out of 414. Before him are Robert Rubin, Anna Schwartz, Paul A. Baran, Bernard Lietaer, John Lipsky, and Dambisa Moyo. After him are John R. Commons, Abel Aganbegyan, Henryk Grossman, Ilham Tohti, Muriel Casals i Couturier, and Don Patinkin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Jacob Viner ranks 266. Before him are Zośka Vieras, Hans Rademacher, Mariano Arrate, Rex Ingram, Robert Ellis, and Ruth Chatterton. After him are Muhammad Sakizli, Pinto Colvig, Manilal Gandhi, Luigi Maiocco, Marston Morse, and David Garnett. Among people deceased in 1970, Jacob Viner ranks 226. Before him are Panagiotis Pipinelis, Shaken Aimanov, William Feller, Alexandros Chalkokondylis, Vilhelm Carlberg, and Conrad Nagel. After him are Gypsy Rose Lee, Irawati Karve, John Beazley, Ernst Krebs, William Hopper, and Walter Reuther.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Jacob Viner ranks 506 out of 1,622. Before him are Corey Haim (1971), Élie Blanchard (1881), Kenneth Lane (1923), Anne Heggtveit (1939), François Legault (1957), and Jack Cameron (1900). After him are Sarah Chalke (1976), John Emery (1932), Gus Dillon (1881), John Howe (1957), John Stanley Plaskett (1865), and Guy Gavriel Kay (1954).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Canada

Among economists born in Canada, Jacob Viner ranks 8. Before him are Robert Mundell (1932), Henry Mintzberg (1939), John Kenneth Galbraith (1908), Myron Scholes (1941), David Card (1956), and Harold Innis (1894). After him are Michel Chossudovsky (1946).

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