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Walter Block

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Walter Edward Block (born August 21, 1941) is an American Austrian School economist and anarcho-capitalist theorist. He was the Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair in Economics at the School of Business at Loyola University New Orleans and a former senior fellow of the non-profit think-tank Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Block is the 322nd most popular economist (down from 314th in 2019), the 8,128th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,085th in 2019) and the 105th most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Walter Block ranks 322 out of 414. Before him are José Luis Sampedro, Karl Knies, Lawrence Summers, Alice Salomon, Michael Kremer, and Wesley Clair Mitchell. After him are José Ángel Gurría, Ludwig Lachmann, Anne Osborn Krueger, David Landes, Käthe Leichter, and Robert Rubin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Walter Block ranks 480. Before him are Boris Gaganelov, Zalman King, Paola Pitagora, Aleksandar Shalamanov, Vicente Guillot, and Liese Prokop. After him are Allal Benkassou, Mary Alice, Darlene Love, Vittore Gottardi, Heidi Biebl, and Klaus Bonsack.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Block ranks 8,130 out of 20,380. Before him are John C. Slater (1900), Art LaFleur (1943), Margaret Colin (1958), Mark Rydell (1929), John Stockwell (1961), and Thomas Hart Benton (1889). After him are Harry Spanjer (1873), Joanna Angel (1980), Reni Santoni (1938), Raymond E. Brown (1928), Aloma Wright (1950), and Jocelyn Brando (1919).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Walter Block ranks 105. Before him are Richard D. Wolff (1942), Alan Krueger (1960), Seth Godin (1960), Lawrence Summers (1954), Michael Kremer (1964), and Wesley Clair Mitchell (1874). After him are Anne Osborn Krueger (1934), David Landes (1924), Robert Rubin (1938), Anna Schwartz (1915), John Lipsky (1947), and John R. Commons (1862).

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