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Paul Romer

1955 - Today

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Paul Michael Romer (born November 6, 1955) is an American economist and policy entrepreneur who is a Seidner University Professor in Finance at Boston College. Romer is best known as the former Chief Economist of the World Bank and for co-receiving the 2018 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (shared with William Nordhaus) for his work in endogenous growth theory. He also coined the term "mathiness," which he describes as misuse of mathematics in economic research. Before joining Boston College, Romer was a professor at NYU, the University of Chicago, the University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, and the University of Rochester. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Romer is the 228th most popular economist (down from 193rd in 2019), the 4,526th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,044th in 2019) and the 75th most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Paul Romer ranks 228 out of 414. Before him are Martín de Azpilcueta, Bertrand de Jouvenel, E. F. Schumacher, Ferdinando Galiani, Gian Domenico Romagnosi, and Jon Elster. After him are Peter Senge, Hyman Minsky, Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury, Thomas Sowell, Paul Volcker, and Douglas Diamond.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Paul Romer ranks 186. Before him are Svetozar Marović, Ildikó Enyedi, Huh Jung-moo, Laurie Metcalf, Jane Kaczmarek, and Moses Malone. After him are Leonardo Padura Fuentes, William Forsythe, Rodoljub Roki Vulović, Thierry Breton, Anatoly Chubais, and Jimmy Smits.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Romer ranks 4,526 out of 20,380. Before him are Tim Matheson (1947), Kyra Sedgwick (1965), Leo Penn (1921), Morgan Robertson (1861), Michael H. Hart (1932), and Doug Russell (1946). After him are Lenny Bruce (1925), Rensis Likert (1903), Andrea Dworkin (1946), Jason Alexander (1959), Ellen Axson Wilson (1860), and Seymour Cassel (1935).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Paul Romer ranks 75. Before him are Alvin E. Roth (1951), Frank Knight (1885), David D. Friedman (1945), Mancur Olson (1932), Henry Hazlitt (1894), and William Baumol (1922). After him are Peter Senge (1947), Hyman Minsky (1919), Thomas Sowell (1930), Paul Volcker (1927), Douglas Diamond (1953), and Chester Barnard (1886).

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