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William Nordhaus

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William Dawbney Nordhaus (born May 31, 1941) is an American economist. He was a Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University, best known for his work in economic modeling and climate change, and a co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Nordhaus received the prize "for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Nordhaus is the 138th most popular economist (down from 113th in 2019), the 1,991st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,494th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, William Nordhaus ranks 138 out of 414. Before him are Zhou Youguang, Michael Spence, Stanley Fischer, Eugene Fama, Rudolf Hilferding, and Jeremy Rifkin. After him are James Heckman, Alan Greenspan, Adolph Wagner, Kristalina Georgieva, Carlo M. Cipolla, and Robert J. Shiller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, William Nordhaus ranks 129. Before him are Dag Solstad, Kim Hye-ja, Bertrand Tavernier, Jorge Solari, Aimé Jacquet, and Beniamino Stella. After him are Hage Geingob, Sérgio Mendes, Liamine Zéroual, Stephen Jay Gould, Pat Patterson, and Roger Lemerre.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Nordhaus ranks 1,991 out of 20,380. Before him are Albert Gore Sr. (1907), David Graf (1950), Cloris Leachman (1926), Michael Dudikoff (1954), Michael Moore (1954), and Jeremy Rifkin (1945). After him are Madam C. J. Walker (1867), Ward Cunningham (1949), Joseph Greenberg (1915), Henry A. Wallace (1888), Rollo May (1909), and Jean Arthur (1900).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, William Nordhaus ranks 43. Before him are Thomas Schelling (1921), Thomas J. Sargent (1943), Douglas McGregor (1906), Michael Spence (1943), Eugene Fama (1939), and Jeremy Rifkin (1945). After him are James Heckman (1944), Alan Greenspan (1926), Robert J. Shiller (1946), Paul Krugman (1953), Ben Bernanke (1953), and Peter Diamond (1940).

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