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Werner Sombart

1863 - 1941

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Werner Sombart (; German: [ˈzɔmbaʁt]; 19 January 1863 – 18 May 1941) was a German economist, historian and sociologist. Head of the "Youngest Historical School," he was one of the leading Continental European social scientists during the first quarter of the 20th century. The term "late capitalism" is accredited to him. The concept of "creative destruction" associated with capitalism is also of his coinage. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Werner Sombart is the 57th most popular economist (down from 53rd in 2019), the 722nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 662nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Economist.

Werner Sombart is most famous for his book, "The Jews and Modern Capitalism."

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Werner Sombart ranks 57 out of 414. Before him are Ronald Coase, Gary Becker, Trygve Haavelmo, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Karl Polanyi, and Jeffrey Sachs. After him are Theodore Schultz, Frédéric Bastiat, Reinhard Selten, Douglass North, William Vickrey, and Lionel Robbins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Werner Sombart ranks 25. Before him are Gaston Doumergue, Wilhelm Marx, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, Alexandre Yersin, Max Wolf, and Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky. After him are Vladimir Vernadsky, Reginald Innes Pocock, George Santayana, Leo Baekeland, Essad Pasha Toptani, and Heinrich Rickert. Among people deceased in 1941, Werner Sombart ranks 29. Before him are Edward Rydz-Śmigły, Alexej von Jawlensky, Frederick Banting, Prajadhipok, Edwin S. Porter, and Ernst Udet. After him are Werner Mölders, Kurt Koffka, Henri Lebesgue, Ludwig Quidde, Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, and Pál Teleki.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Werner Sombart ranks 722 out of 7,253. Before him are Georges J. F. Köhler (1946), Steffi Graf (1969), Matilda of Ringelheim (894), Clemens Brentano (1778), Johann Georg Faust (1480), and Nina Hagen (1955). After him are Hermann von Salza (1170), Henry Morgenthau Sr. (1856), Louis Spohr (1784), Moritz Schlick (1882), Hasso von Manteuffel (1897), and Erich Koch (1896).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Germany

Among economists born in Germany, Werner Sombart ranks 4. Before him are Karl Marx (1818), Klaus Schwab (1938), and Wassily Leontief (1906). After him are Friedrich List (1789), Albert O. Hirschman (1915), Eugen Dühring (1833), Johann Heinrich von Thünen (1783), Franz Oppenheimer (1864), Alfred Weber (1868), Lorenz von Stein (1815), and Hermann Heinrich Gossen (1810).

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