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Raúl Prebisch

1901 - 1986

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Raúl Prebisch (April 17, 1901 – April 29, 1986) was an Argentine economist known for his contributions to structuralist economics such as the Prebisch–Singer hypothesis, which formed the basis of economic dependency theory. He became the executive director of the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA or CEPAL) in 1950. In 1950, he also released the very influential study The Economic Development of Latin America and its Principal Problems. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Raúl Prebisch is the 209th most popular economist (down from 203rd in 2019), the 181st most popular biography from Argentina (down from 175th in 2019) and the most popular Argentinean Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Raúl Prebisch ranks 209 out of 414. Before him are Lars Peter Hansen, Gustave de Molinari, Israel Kirzner, Paul Milgrom, Paul Douglas, and Alvin E. Roth. After him are Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, Frank Knight, Fritz Machlup, Giovanni Arrighi, Abba P. Lerner, and Mahbub ul Haq.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Raúl Prebisch ranks 131. Before him are Kjeld Abell, August Schmidhuber, Nina Bari, Stanisław Mikołajczyk, Ho Feng-Shan, and Rose Ausländer. After him are Lee Hoi-chuen, Ed Begley, Mikhail Romm, Claude Autant-Lara, Joe Davis, and Salchak Toka. Among people deceased in 1986, Raúl Prebisch ranks 112. Before him are Jacques Henri Lartigue, Gardner Fox, Ilmari Salminen, Thierry Sabine, Scatman Crothers, and Vitaly Abalakov. After him are Valentin Kataev, Ruth Teitelbaum, John Bagot Glubb, Artur London, James H. Wilkinson, and Nicholas Kaldor.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Raúl Prebisch ranks 181 out of 1,154. Before him are Nicolás Avellaneda (1837), Humberto Maschio (1933), José Pékerman (1949), Luis Artime (1938), José Della Torre (1906), and Mauro Camoranesi (1976). After him are Esteban Cambiasso (1980), Fernando Solanas (1936), María Elena Walsh (1930), Pablo Aimar (1979), Roque Sáenz Peña (1851), and Luis Héctor Villalba (1934).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Argentina

Among economists born in Argentina, Raúl Prebisch ranks 1. After him are Axel Kicillof (1971).

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