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Yochai Benkler

1964 - Today

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Yochai Benkler ( YO-khai; born 1964) is an Israeli-American author and the Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard Law School. He is also a faculty co-director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. In academia he is best known for coining the term commons-based peer production and his widely cited 2006 book The Wealth of Networks. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Yochai Benkler is the 410th most popular economist (down from 404th in 2024), the 417th most popular biography from Israel (down from 408th in 2019) and the most popular Israeli Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Yochai Benkler ranks 410 out of 414. Before him are Eric Lander, Christina Romer, Winona LaDuke, Bina Agarwal, Raghuram Rajan, and Olga Golodets. After him are Gita Gopinath, Kate Raworth, Rebecca Blank, Emmanuel Saez, Epsy Campbell Barr, and Rola Dashti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Yochai Benkler ranks 977. Before him are Holly Robinson Peete, Virginia Ramírez, Nate McMillan, Michael Papajohn, Kevin Jackson, and Yelena Ruzina. After him are Carolyn Waldo, Patrice Bailly-Salins, Arne Duncan, Valery Gopin, Luíz Antônio dos Santos, and Norman Bellingham.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Yochai Benkler ranks 417 out of 466. Before him are Ilan Shor (1987), Tzipora Obziler (1973), Ninet Tayeb (1983), Danny Danon (1971), Ben Sahar (1989), and Simon Leviev (1990). After him are Sayed Kashua (1975), Tzipi Hotovely (1978), Arik Benado (1973), Lior Narkis (1976), Zhang Ling (null), and Lior Refaelov (1986).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Israel

Among economists born in Israel, Yochai Benkler ranks 1. 

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