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William Baumol

1922 - 2017

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William Jack Baumol (February 26, 1922 – May 4, 2017) was an American economist. He was a professor of economics at New York University, Academic Director of the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and professor emeritus at Princeton University. He was a prolific author of more than eighty books and several hundred journal articles. He is the namesake of the Baumol effect. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Baumol is the 221st most popular economist (down from 217th in 2019), the 4,416th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,738th in 2019) and the 74th most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, William Baumol ranks 221 out of 414. Before him are Mahbub ul Haq, Nicholas Kaldor, James Steuart, David D. Friedman, Mancur Olson, and Henry Hazlitt. After him are Martín de Azpilcueta, Bertrand de Jouvenel, E. F. Schumacher, Ferdinando Galiani, Gian Domenico Romagnosi, and Jon Elster.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, William Baumol ranks 201. Before him are Alexander Zinoviev, Hammer DeRoburt, Corneille Guillaume Beverloo, Stanley Schachter, Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, and Fritz Hollings. After him are Burt Kennedy, John Edward Williams, Francis Pym, Theo Albrecht, Vsevolod Bobrov, and Steven Hill. Among people deceased in 2017, William Baumol ranks 211. Before him are Bernard Francis Law, Željko Perušić, Seijun Suzuki, A. R. Penck, Colin Groves, and Sonny Landham. After him are Bengt Gustavsson, Gretel Bergmann, Gustavo Rojo, Katalin Szőke, Charles Robert Jenkins, and Roger Ailes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Baumol ranks 4,416 out of 20,380. Before him are Jack Welch (1935), Sonny Landham (1941), Fritz Hollings (1922), Lydia Clarke (1923), Traci Lords (1968), and Warren Weaver (1894). After him are Charles Murray (1943), Philo Farnsworth (1906), Joe Pass (1929), Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1872), Jennifer Morrison (1979), and Ernest B. Schoedsack (1893).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, William Baumol ranks 74. Before him are Paul Douglas (1892), Alvin E. Roth (1951), Frank Knight (1885), David D. Friedman (1945), Mancur Olson (1932), and Henry Hazlitt (1894). After him are Paul Romer (1955), Peter Senge (1947), Hyman Minsky (1919), Thomas Sowell (1930), Paul Volcker (1927), and Douglas Diamond (1953).

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