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Lawrence Klein

1920 - 2013

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Lawrence Robert Klein (September 14, 1920 – October 20, 2013) was an American economist. For his work in creating computer models to forecast economic trends in the field of econometrics in the Department of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1980 specifically "for the creation of econometric models and their application to the analysis of economic fluctuations and economic policies." Due to his efforts, such models have become widespread among economists. Harvard University professor Martin Feldstein told the Wall Street Journal that Klein "was the first to create the statistical models that embodied Keynesian economics," tools still used by the Federal Reserve Bank and other central banks. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lawrence Klein is the 67th most popular economist (up from 85th in 2019), the 1,112th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,120th in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Economist.

Lawrence Klein is most famous for his work in macroeconomics. He is credited with developing the "Klein-Goldberger model," which is a mathematical model of the U.S. economy.

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Among economists, Lawrence Klein ranks 67 out of 414. Before him are Douglass North, William Vickrey, Lionel Robbins, Wang Anshi, Bernard Mandeville, and Franco Modigliani. After him are Kenneth Arrow, Robert Mundell, Benjamin Graham, Friedrich List, Thorstein Veblen, and Gérard Debreu.

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Among people born in 1920, Lawrence Klein ranks 50. Before him are Prem Tinsulanonda, Douglass North, Ben Ferencz, Baruj Benacerraf, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and Robert Whittaker. After him are Ravi Shankar, Kaysone Phomvihane, Sergei Bondarchuk, Mickey Rooney, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, and Gunnar Gren. Among people deceased in 2013, Lawrence Klein ranks 43. Before him are Gylmar dos Santos Neves, Georges Moustaki, Joan Fontaine, Rochus Misch, Kenneth G. Wilson, and Richard Griffiths. After him are Jesús Franco, Ray Manzarek, Ieng Sary, James Gandolfini, Masao Uchino, and James M. Buchanan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lawrence Klein ranks 1,112 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert H. Grubbs (1942), Geena Davis (1956), Percival Lowell (1855), Robert Whittaker (1920), Gloria Swanson (1899), and Tori Amos (1963). After him are Robert F. Furchgott (1916), Hamilton O. Smith (1931), Sam Harris (1967), James Gunn (1966), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909), and Benjamin Guggenheim (1865).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Lawrence Klein ranks 17. Before him are Walt Whitman Rostow (1916), Edmund Phelps (1933), Gary Becker (1930), Jeffrey Sachs (1954), Theodore Schultz (1902), and Douglass North (1920). After him are Kenneth Arrow (1921), Thorstein Veblen (1857), James Tobin (1918), Robert Solow (1924), Murray Rothbard (1926), and Oliver E. Williamson (1932).

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