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Richard Cantillon

1680 - 1734

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Richard Cantillon (French: [kɑ̃tijɔ̃]; 1680s – May 1734) was an Irish-French economist and author of Essai Sur La Nature Du Commerce En Général (Essay on the Nature of Trade in General), a book considered by William Stanley Jevons to be the "cradle of political economy". Although little information exists on Cantillon's life, it is known that he became a successful banker and merchant at an early age. His success was largely derived from the political and business connections he made through his family and through an early employer, James Brydges. During the late 1710s and early 1720s, Cantillon speculated in, and later helped fund, John Law's Mississippi Company, from which he acquired great wealth. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Cantillon is the 160th most popular economist (down from 117th in 2019), the 80th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 54th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Economist.

Richard Cantillon is most famous for his theory of the "circular flow of wealth." Cantillon theorized that money moves in a circular fashion and that the use of money is not limited to a single transaction.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Richard Cantillon ranks 160 out of 414. Before him are Christopher A. Sims, Roger Myerson, Angus Deaton, Eric Maskin, Vernon L. Smith, and Daniel McFadden. After him are Greg Mankiw, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Robert C. Merton, Gustav von Schmoller, Ernest Mandel, and William Beveridge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1680, Richard Cantillon ranks 9. Before him are Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Catherine Opalińska, Benjamin Hornigold, Saliha Sultan, James Anderson, and Charles Vane. After him are Princess Luise Dorothea of Prussia, Johann Baptist Zimmermann, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, Emanuele d'Astorga, John Machin, and Ephraim Chambers. Among people deceased in 1734, Richard Cantillon ranks 7. Before him are Georg Ernst Stahl, Claude Louis Hector de Villars, Giovanni Ceva, Rob Roy MacGregor, Sebastiano Ricci, and James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick. After him are Louise de Kérouaille, Duchess of Portsmouth, Johann Conrad Dippel, Danylo Apostol, Domenico Trezzini, Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham, and Philippine Élisabeth d'Orléans.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Richard Cantillon ranks 80 out of 549. Before him are James Ussher (1581), Malcolm II of Scotland (954), Diarmait Mac Murchada (1110), Brenda Fricker (1945), Bob Geldof (1951), and Sheridan Le Fanu (1814). After him are Mary Jane Kelly (1863), Thomas Moore (1779), Saint Fiacre (607), Seán Brady (1939), Patrick Ryan (1881), and Caitriona Balfe (1979).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Ireland

Among economists born in Ireland, Richard Cantillon ranks 1. After him are Francis Ysidro Edgeworth (1845).

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