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Bernard Mandeville

1670 - 1733

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Bernard Mandeville, or Bernard de Mandeville (; 15 November 1670 – 21 January 1733), was an Anglo-Dutch philosopher, political economist, satirist, writer and physician. Born in Rotterdam, he lived most of his life in England and used English for most of his published works. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernard Mandeville has received more than 309,406 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Bernard Mandeville is the 45th most popular economist (up from 47th in 2019), the 82nd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 80th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Dutch Economist.

Bernard Mandeville was a Dutch philosopher who was most famous for his book The Fable of the Bees. In it, he argued that private vices, like greed, envy, and vanity, are actually public virtues.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Bernard Mandeville ranks 45 out of 414. Before him are Frédéric Bastiat, Robert Solow, Maurice Allais, Ronald Coase, Friedrich List, and Paul Krugman. After him are Gary Becker, Eugen Böhm von Bawerk, William Stanley Jevons, Murray Rothbard, John Hicks, and Thorstein Veblen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1670, Bernard Mandeville ranks 2. Before him is Augustus II the Strong. After him are Antonio Caldara, Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg, John Toland, Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine, Giovanni Bononcini, James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham, Maria Margaretha Kirch, Gustav, Duke of Zweibrücken, and Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje. Among people deceased in 1733, Bernard Mandeville ranks 3. Before him are Augustus II the Strong, and François Couperin. After him are Pieter van der Aa, Georg Böhm, Tsarevna Catherine Ivanovna of Russia, Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Robert de Visée, Nicolas Coustou, Princess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg, Eberhard Louis, Duke of Württemberg, and Johann Jakob Scheuchzer.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Bernard Mandeville ranks 82 out of 1,646. Before him are Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (1584), Hugo de Vries (1848), Nikolaas Tinbergen (1907), Petrus Christus (1410), Tobias Asser (1838), and Cornelius Jansen (1585). After him are Edsger W. Dijkstra (1930), Saskia van Uylenburgh (1612), Willebrord Snellius (1580), Jan Oort (1900), Lucas van Leyden (1494), and Cornelis Drebbel (1572).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Netherlands

Among economists born in Netherlands, Bernard Mandeville ranks 2. Before him are Jan Tinbergen (1903). After him are Tjalling Koopmans (1910), Mark Blaug (1927), Guido Imbens (1963), and Euclid Tsakalotos (1960).

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