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Peter Diamond

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Peter Arthur Diamond (born April 29, 1940) is an American economist known for his analysis of U.S. Social Security policy and his work as an advisor to the Advisory Council on Social Security in the late 1980s and 1990s. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2010, along with Dale T. Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides. He is an Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. On June 6, 2011, he withdrew his nomination to serve on the Federal Reserve's board of governors, citing intractable Republican opposition for 14 months. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Diamond is the 147th most popular economist (up from 153rd in 2019), the 2,095th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,180th in 2019) and the 49th most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Peter Diamond ranks 147 out of 414. Before him are Adolph Wagner, Kristalina Georgieva, Carlo M. Cipolla, Robert J. Shiller, Paul Krugman, and Ben Bernanke. After him are Tony Atkinson, Benedetto Cotrugli, Silvio Gesell, Christopher A. Pissarides, Jacques Attali, and Robert F. Engle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Peter Diamond ranks 119. Before him are Katharine Ross, Saul Kripke, Jan Jongbloed, Mate Boban, Nobuyoshi Araki, and Frida Boccara. After him are Gojko Mitić, Robin Cook, Souleymane Cissé, Walter Alvarez, Rudi Dutschke, and Régis Debray.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Diamond ranks 2,095 out of 20,380. Before him are Tom Ford (1961), Conrad Hilton (1887), Lee Remick (1935), Richard Rodgers (1902), Richard E. Stearns (1936), and Richard Jenkins (1947). After him are Charles W. Morris (1903), George Takei (1937), Eleanor F. Helin (1932), Alice Walker (1944), Henry Hartsfield (1933), and John G. Trump (1907).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Peter Diamond ranks 49. Before him are William Nordhaus (1941), James Heckman (1944), Alan Greenspan (1926), Robert J. Shiller (1946), Paul Krugman (1953), and Ben Bernanke (1953). After him are Robert F. Engle (1942), Christopher A. Sims (1942), Roger Myerson (1951), Eric Maskin (1950), Vernon L. Smith (1927), and Daniel McFadden (1937).

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