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Philippe Van Parijs

1951 - Today

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Philippe Van Parijs (French: [filip vɑ̃ paʁɛjs]; born May 23, 1951) is a Belgian political philosopher and political economist, best known as a proponent and main defender of the concept of an unconditional basic income and for the first systematic treatment of linguistic justice. In 2020, he was listed by Prospect as the eighth-greatest thinker for the COVID-19 era, with the magazine writing, "Today’s young UBI enthusiasts draw on the books and tap the networks of this Belgian polymath, who championed it before it was fashionable. For decades, he has warned that our proclaimed freedoms to start businesses or raise children count for nothing without the real freedom that comes with a basic income". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philippe Van Parijs is the 302nd most popular economist (down from 295th in 2019), the 642nd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 613th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Belgian Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Philippe Van Parijs ranks 302 out of 414. Before him are Abhijit Banerjee, Gordon Tullock, Inger Andersen, Kenichi Ohmae, Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, and Jesús Huerta de Soto. After him are Haruhiko Kuroda, Armen Alchian, Anthony Downs, Santiago Peña, Jan Krzysztof Bielecki, and Abdi Farah Shirdon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Philippe Van Parijs ranks 364. Before him are Sebastian Francis, Heinrich Schiff, Freundel Stuart, Alexander Belov, Marco Antônio, and Bob McAdoo. After him are Pam Dawber, Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov, Carme Elías, André Hazes, Abdelkader Taleb Omar, and Patti D'Arbanville.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Philippe Van Parijs ranks 642 out of 1,190. Before him are Jef Planckaert (1934), Emiel Puttemans (1947), Jean-Philippe Toussaint (1957), Jan Diddens (1906), Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1984), and Willy Planckaert (1944). After him are François Weyergans (1941), René Desaeyere (1947), Jan Frans Willems (1793), Jules De Bisschop (1879), Victor Mees (1927), and Joël Robert (1943).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Belgium

Among economists born in Belgium, Philippe Van Parijs ranks 3. Before him are Silvio Gesell (1862), and Gustave de Molinari (1819). After him are Bernard Lietaer (1942), and Gunter Pauli (1956).

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