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Thomas Schelling

1921 - 2016

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Thomas Crombie Schelling (April 14, 1921 – December 13, 2016) was an American economist and professor of foreign policy, national security, nuclear strategy, and arms control at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park. He was also co-faculty at the New England Complex Systems Institute. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Schelling is the 116th most popular economist (down from 105th in 2019), the 1,761st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,423rd in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Economist.

Thomas Schelling is most famous for his work in game theory, specifically nuclear deterrence. His work in this field helped to explain how the United States and the Soviet Union were able to avoid a nuclear conflict for so long.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Thomas Schelling ranks 116 out of 414. Before him are Richard Thaler, Bingu wa Mutharika, Friedrich von Wieser, Merton Miller, Lucas Papademos, and Daron Acemoglu. After him are Franz Oppenheimer, Alfred Weber, Lorenz von Stein, Knut Wicksell, Thomas J. Sargent, and James Mirrlees.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Thomas Schelling ranks 86. Before him are Paul Watzlawick, Viktor Kulikov, Donna Reed, Miklós Jancsó, James Clavell, and Iris Apfel. After him are Seretse Khama, Giovanni Benelli, Louis Jourdan, Stanley Ho, Philippe de Gaulle, and Herschel Grynszpan. Among people deceased in 2016, Thomas Schelling ranks 86. Before him are Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, Garry Marshall, Michel Butor, Chyna, Keith Emerson, and Margot Honecker. After him are Melvin Laird, Edgar Mitchell, Michal Kováč, Kigeli V of Rwanda, Toots Thielemans, and Mohamed Abdelaziz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas Schelling ranks 1,761 out of 20,380. Before him are Lee Grant (1927), Anthony Mann (1906), George C. Williams (1926), Burt Bacharach (1928), Joseph L. Goldstein (1940), and Jacque Fresco (1916). After him are Stevie Nicks (1948), Ronald Dworkin (1931), Courtney Love (1964), William C. McCool (1961), Hugh Glass (1783), and Paul Ryan (1970).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Thomas Schelling ranks 37. Before him are Edward C. Prescott (1940), Robert Fogel (1926), W. Edwards Deming (1900), George Akerlof (1940), Richard Thaler (1945), and Merton Miller (1923). After him are Thomas J. Sargent (1943), Douglas McGregor (1906), Michael Spence (1943), Eugene Fama (1939), Jeremy Rifkin (1945), and William Nordhaus (1941).

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