ECONOMIST

Armen Alchian

1914 - 2013

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Armen Albert Alchian (; April 12, 1914 – February 19, 2013) was an American economist who made major contributions to microeconomic theory and the theory of the firm. He spent almost his entire career at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and is credited with turning its economics department into one of the country's best. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Armen Alchian has received more than 137,064 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Armen Alchian is the 336th most popular economist (down from 312th in 2019), the 8,233rd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,774th in 2019) and the 109th most popular American Economist.

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  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Armen Alchian ranks 336 out of 414. Before him are Daniele Archibugi, Fischer Black, Thomas Hodgskin, Henry Charles Carey, Gunter Pauli, and Robert Rubin. After him are W. Michael Blumenthal, Jacob Viner, James Wilson, Henryk Grossman, Abel Aganbegyan, and José Ángel Gurría.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Armen Alchian ranks 320. Before him are Hank Snow, Leabua Jonathan, Hermann Pilnik, Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Tsuneko Sasamoto, and William Grut. After him are Michael Grant, Kaisa Parviainen, Thomas Watson Jr., Frankie Manning, Sueo Ōe, and Mircea David. Among people deceased in 2013, Armen Alchian ranks 371. Before him are Andrei Panin, Nobuyuki Aihara, Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, Cory Monteith, Nigel Davenport, and Stanisław Nagy. After him are Abdul Quader Molla, Amar Bose, Arthur Wightman, Masae Kasai, Luis Ubiña, and Ersilio Tonini.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Armen Alchian ranks 8,233 out of 20,380. Before him are Alfred W. Crosby (1931), Peter Buck (1956), Michael Herr (1940), Candice Night (1971), William R. Day (1849), and Carmelo Anthony (1984). After him are Tim Conway (1933), Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864), Megan Boone (1983), Rob Bourdon (1979), Jim Siedow (1920), and Aaron Neville (1941).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Armen Alchian ranks 109. Before him are Walter Block (1941), Lawrence Summers (1954), John Lipsky (1947), Fischer Black (1938), Henry Charles Carey (1793), and Robert Rubin (1938). After him are Don Patinkin (1922), Edith Abbott (1876), John B. Taylor (1946), Frank Fetter (1863), Paul Craig Roberts (1939), and Richard Florida (1957).

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