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Leonid Hurwicz

1917 - 2008

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Leonid Hurwicz (Polish pronunciation: [lɛˈɔɲit ˈxurvitʂ]; August 21, 1917 – June 24, 2008) was a Polish–American economist and mathematician, known for his work in game theory and mechanism design. He originated the concept of incentive compatibility, and showed how desired outcomes can be achieved by using incentive compatible mechanism design. Hurwicz shared the 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (with Eric Maskin and Roger Myerson) for his seminal work on mechanism design. Hurwicz was one of the oldest Nobel Laureates, having received the prize at the age of 90. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leonid Hurwicz is the 43rd most popular economist (up from 72nd in 2019), the 203rd most popular biography from Russia (up from 304th in 2019) and the most popular Russian Economist.

Leonid Hurwicz is most famous for his work in welfare economics. He developed the concept of Pareto efficiency and showed that a competitive equilibrium is Pareto efficient.

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Among economists, Leonid Hurwicz ranks 43 out of 414. Before him are Simon Kuznets, Carl Menger, Michael Porter, Barack Obama Sr., Léon Walras, and Wassily Leontief. After him are John Hicks, Jacques Delors, Walt Whitman Rostow, William Petty, Bertil Ohlin, and Tansu Çiller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Leonid Hurwicz ranks 29. Before him are John Cornforth, Robert Burns Woodward, Kenan Evren, Anthony Burgess, Donald Davidson, and Sidney Sheldon. After him are Óscar Romero, Andrew Huxley, William Standish Knowles, Otto Günsche, Nur Muhammad Taraki, and Barry Nelson. Among people deceased in 2008, Leonid Hurwicz ranks 27. Before him are Jørn Utzon, Richard Wright, Henry Molaison, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Michael DeBakey, and Harold Pinter. After him are William F. Buckley Jr., Roy Scheider, Jules Dassin, Yma Sumac, Mel Ferrer, and Gary Gygax.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Leonid Hurwicz ranks 203 out of 3,761. Before him are Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia (1690), Ivan I of Moscow (1288), Vasily II of Moscow (1415), Nicholas Roerich (1874), Grand Duchess Xenia Alexandrovna of Russia (1875), and Pyotr Kapitsa (1894). After him are Grigori Perelman (1966), Alexei Leonov (1934), Vladimir Propp (1895), Alexej von Jawlensky (1864), Mikhail Suslov (1902), and Leonid Kantorovich (1912).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Russia

Among economists born in Russia, Leonid Hurwicz ranks 1. After him are Nikolai Kondratiev (1892), Nikolay Danilevsky (1822), Eugen Slutsky (1880), Alexander Chayanov (1888), Leonid Abalkin (1930), Petr Aven (1955), Ladislaus Bortkiewicz (1868), Tatyana Golikova (1966), Arkady Dvorkovich (1972), Andrei Shleifer (1961), and Olga Golodets (1962).

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