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Ludwig von Mises

1881 - 1973

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Ludwig Heinrich Edler von Mises (; German: [ˈluːtvɪç fɔn ˈmiːzəs]; September 29, 1881 – October 10, 1973) was an Austrian-American political economist and philosopher of the Austrian school. Mises wrote and lectured extensively on the social contributions of classical liberalism and the central role of consumers in a market economy. He is best known for his work in praxeology, particularly for studies comparing communism and capitalism, as well as for being a defender of classical liberalism in the face of rising illiberalism and authoritarianism throughout much of Europe during the 20th century. In 1940, Mises emigrated from Austria to the United States to escape the Nazis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ludwig von Mises is the 18th most popular economist (down from 14th in 2019), the 39th most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 27th in 2019) and the most popular Ukrainian Economist.

Ludwig von Mises is most famous for his contributions to the Austrian School of Economics. He is also known for his work in the fields of economic theory, business cycles, and social philosophy.

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Among economists, Ludwig von Mises ranks 18 out of 414. Before him are François Quesnay, Joseph Schumpeter, Mario Draghi, George Shultz, Alfred Marshall, and John Law. After him are W. Arthur Lewis, Klaus Schwab, William F. Sharpe, Jan Tinbergen, Robert Lucas Jr., and Ragnar Frisch.

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Among people born in 1881, Ludwig von Mises ranks 21. Before him are Walther von Brauchitsch, Hans Kelsen, Clinton Davisson, Guccio Gucci, Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, and Hermann Staudinger. After him are Hans Fischer, Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, Fernand Léger, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Alexei Rykov, and Erwin von Witzleben. Among people deceased in 1973, Ludwig von Mises ranks 23. Before him are Paavo Nurmi, Hans Kelsen, Henri Charrière, Abebe Bikila, John Ford, and Karl Ziegler. After him are Charles Greeley Abbot, Anna Magnani, Ferdinand Schörner, Max Horkheimer, Ragnar Frisch, and Pablo Casals.

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Among people born in Ukraine, Ludwig von Mises ranks 39 out of 1,365. Before him are Vaslav Nijinsky (1889), Anne of Kiev (1025), Sviatoslav I of Kiev (942), Petro Poroshenko (1965), Lyudmila Pavlichenko (1916), and Grigory Zinoviev (1883). After him are Wilhelm Reich (1897), Simon Wiesenthal (1908), Trofim Lysenko (1898), Symon Petliura (1879), Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836), and Igor Sikorsky (1889).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Ukraine

Among economists born in Ukraine, Ludwig von Mises ranks 1. After him are Abba P. Lerner (1903), Grigory Yavlinsky (1952), Alexander Gerschenkron (1904), Zbigniew Messner (1929), Paul A. Baran (1909), and Rose Friedman (1910).

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