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Silvio Gesell

1862 - 1930

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Johann Silvio Gesell (German: [ɡəˈzɛl]; 17 March 1862 – 11 March 1930) was a German-Argentine economist, entrepreneur, and social reformer. He was the founder of Freiwirtschaft (German for "free economy"), an economic model for market socialism. In 1900, he founded the magazine The Money and Land Reform (German: Die Geld- und Bodenreform), but it soon closed for financial reasons. During his time in Oranienburg, Gesell started the magazine Der Physiokrat together with Georg Blumenthal. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Silvio Gesell is the 150th most popular economist (down from 106th in 2019), the 204th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 154th in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Economist.

Silvio Gesell was a German economist and social activist who proposed a system of money called "free money" which would be issued by the state. The amount of free money would be determined by the amount of goods and services produced by the economy. Gesell believed that this system would cause the price of goods to drop, increase demand, and lead to a stable economy.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Silvio Gesell ranks 150 out of 414. Before him are Robert J. Shiller, Paul Krugman, Ben Bernanke, Peter Diamond, Tony Atkinson, and Benedetto Cotrugli. After him are Christopher A. Pissarides, Jacques Attali, Robert F. Engle, Christopher A. Sims, Roger Myerson, and Angus Deaton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Silvio Gesell ranks 42. Before him are Henry McMahon, Victor, Prince Napoléon, Mary Kingsley, Cosmo Duff-Gordon, Anton Ažbe, and Vito Cascio Ferro. After him are Théo van Rysselberghe, Mary Anderson, René Viviani, Leonid Pasternak, Mikhail Nesterov, and Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky. Among people deceased in 1930, Silvio Gesell ranks 37. Before him are Leopold Auer, Luigi Facta, Waldemar Haffkine, Otto Mueller, Vasily Bartold, and Jeppe Aakjær. After him are Vladimir Arsenyev, Rafael Merry del Val, Yang Kaihui, Giulio Douhet, Otto Sverdrup, and Simko Shikak.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Silvio Gesell ranks 204 out of 1,190. Before him are Charles Auguste de Bériot (1802), Ambrosius Bosschaert (1573), Victor Serge (1890), Jan Ceulemans (1957), Hugo Claus (1929), and Begga (615). After him are Paul van Zeeland (1893), Gaston IV, Count of Foix (1422), Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq (1522), Rembert Dodoens (1517), Ida of Lorraine (1040), and Barthélemy d'Eyck (1420).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Belgium

Among economists born in Belgium, Silvio Gesell ranks 1. After him are Gustave de Molinari (1819), Philippe Van Parijs (1951), Bernard Lietaer (1942), and Gunter Pauli (1956).

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