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Oskar R. Lange

1904 - 1965

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Oskar Ryszard Lange (Polish: [ˈlanɡɛ]; 27 July 1904 – 2 October 1965) was a Polish economist and diplomat. He is best known for advocating the use of market pricing tools in socialist systems and providing a model of market socialism. He responded to the economic calculation problem proposed by Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich Hayek by claiming that managers in a centrally-planned economy would be able to monitor supply and demand through increases and declines in inventories of goods, and advocated the nationalization of major industries. During his stay in the United States, Lange was an academic teacher and researcher in mathematical economics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oskar R. Lange is the 170th most popular economist (down from 159th in 2019), the 409th most popular biography from Poland (up from 413th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Polish Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Oskar R. Lange ranks 170 out of 414. Before him are Gustav von Schmoller, Ernest Mandel, William Beveridge, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Ernst Engel, and Raymond Barre. After him are Robert B. Wilson, Michał Kalecki, Harriet Martineau, Henry Sidgwick, Henry George, and Jim Rogers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Oskar R. Lange ranks 90. Before him are Nikolai Kuznetsov, Emilio Fernández, Greer Garson, Hans Hartung, Shunryū Suzuki, and Walther Hewel. After him are Anna Mahler, Valery Chkalov, Margaret Bourke-White, Nikolai Berzarin, Heinrich von Brentano, and Mihai Antonescu. Among people deceased in 1965, Oskar R. Lange ranks 63. Before him are Otozō Yamada, Taimur bin Feisal, José Mendes Cabeçadas, Humberto Delgado, Corrado Gini, and Porfirio Rubirosa. After him are Shirley Jackson, Ladislas Starevich, Kōdō Sawaki, La Belle Otero, Harry Babcock, and Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Oskar R. Lange ranks 409 out of 1,694. Before him are Barbara Jagiellon (1478), Max von Gallwitz (1852), Walerian Borowczyk (1923), Pylyp Orlyk (1672), Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria (1457), and Jacek Malczewski (1854). After him are Horst Mahler (1936), Wilhelm Brasse (1917), Julie Guicciardi (1782), Michał Kalecki (1899), Franciszek Gajowniczek (1901), and Wilhelm Kube (1887).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Poland

Among economists born in Poland, Oskar R. Lange ranks 3. Before him are Carl Menger (1840), and Reinhard Selten (1930). After him are Michał Kalecki (1899), Leszek Balcerowicz (1947), Leopold von Wiese (1876), Jan Krzysztof Bielecki (1951), Henryk Grossman (1881), Zyta Gilowska (1949), and Sławomir Skrzypek (1963).

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