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Wesley Clair Mitchell

1874 - 1948

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Wesley Clair Mitchell (August 5, 1874 – October 29, 1948) was an American economist known for his empirical work on business cycles and for guiding the National Bureau of Economic Research in its first decades. Mitchell was referred to as Thorstein Veblen's "star student." Paul Samuelson named Mitchell (along with Harry Gunnison Brown, Allyn Abbott Young, Henry Ludwell Moore, Frank Knight, Jacob Viner, and Henry Schultz) as one of the several "American saints in economics" born after 1860. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wesley Clair Mitchell is the 321st most popular economist (down from 283rd in 2019), the 8,064th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,773rd in 2019) and the 104th most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Wesley Clair Mitchell ranks 321 out of 414. Before him are Seth Godin, José Luis Sampedro, Karl Knies, Lawrence Summers, Alice Salomon, and Michael Kremer. After him are Walter Block, José Ángel Gurría, Ludwig Lachmann, Anne Osborn Krueger, David Landes, and Käthe Leichter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Wesley Clair Mitchell ranks 201. Before him are George Sheldon, Frederic Clements, Joseph Olivier, François Brandt, Jean Collas, and María Martínez Sierra. After him are Abbas Sahhat, Harold Kitson, Janko Jesenský, Aleksander Prystor, Gheorghe Mironescu, and Georges Trombert. Among people deceased in 1948, Wesley Clair Mitchell ranks 169. Before him are Malcolm Campbell, Ladislav Troják, Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim, Julius Curtius, Alice Salomon, and István Barta. After him are Mahmoud El Nokrashy Pasha, Thomas Mofolo, René Benjamin, Joseph Wedderburn, George Milne, 1st Baron Milne, and Samuel P. Bush.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wesley Clair Mitchell ranks 8,066 out of 20,380. Before him are Bill Walton (1952), Steve Miller (1943), Chuck Feeney (1931), Dick Van Patten (1928), Marni Nixon (1930), and David Hungate (1948). After him are Donald H. Peterson (1933), Norman Foster (1903), Garret Dillahunt (1964), Amber Valletta (1974), Gray Davis (1942), and Daniel Frank (1882).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Wesley Clair Mitchell ranks 104. Before him are Charles P. Kindleberger (1910), Richard D. Wolff (1942), Alan Krueger (1960), Seth Godin (1960), Lawrence Summers (1954), and Michael Kremer (1964). After him are Walter Block (1941), Anne Osborn Krueger (1934), David Landes (1924), Robert Rubin (1938), Anna Schwartz (1915), and John Lipsky (1947).

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