The Most Famous
ECONOMISTS from Argentina
This page contains a list of the greatest Argentinean Economists. The pantheon dataset contains 414 Economists, 1 of which were born in Argentina. This makes Argentina the birth place of the 42nd most number of Economists behind Finland, and Réunion.
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Argentinean Economists of all time. This list of famous Argentinean Economists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Raúl Prebisch (1901 - 1986)
With an HPI of 54.28, Raúl Prebisch is the most famous Argentinean Economist. His biography has been translated into 20 different languages on wikipedia.
Raúl Prebisch (April 17, 1901 – April 29, 1986) was an Argentine economist known for his contributions to structuralist economics such as the Prebisch–Singer hypothesis, which formed the basis of economic dependency theory. He became the executive director of the Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA or CEPAL) in 1950. In 1950, he also released the very influential study The Economic Development of Latin America and its Principal Problems.
2. Axel Kicillof (b. 1971)
With an HPI of 40.24, Axel Kicillof is the 2nd most famous Argentinean Economist. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Axel Kicillof (Spanish: [ˈaksel kisiˈlof], born 25 September 1971) is an Argentine economist and politician who has been Governor of Buenos Aires Province since 2019. Kicillof also served as Argentina's Minister of Economy from 2013 to 2015 under the presidency of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Described by his biographer as "the economic guru who captivated Cristina Kirchner", Kicillof was instrumental in the 2012 renationalization of the energy firm YPF. It was on his advice that Fernández de Kirchner decided not to meet holdout bondholder demands to be repaid what they were owed in 2014. The decision was supported by among others the United Nations, the Organization of American States, the G-77 (133 nations), the Council on Foreign Relations, the American Bankers Association, and bondholders whose payments were stopped by the 2014 ruling. Kicillof has been a firm believer in Keynesian economics, and an avid admirer of the Kirchners since his student days when he was a member of the pro-Kirchner youth group La Cámpora and head of the radical student group TNT. A longtime professor of Economic Sciences at the University of Buenos Aires and outspoken critic of the neoliberal policies of the Kirchners' predecessors, he is known for his unorthodox haircut and dress code, signifying his anti-establishment views.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Argentinean economists born between 1901 and 1971. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Argentinean economists include Axel Kicillof. The most famous deceased Argentinean economists include Raúl Prebisch. As of April 2024, 1 new Argentinean economists have been added to Pantheon including Axel Kicillof.
