ECONOMIST

Edmund Phelps

1933 - Today

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Edmund Strother Phelps (born July 26, 1933) is an American economist and the recipient of the 2006 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Early in his career, he became known for his research at Yale's Cowles Foundation in the first half of the 1960s on the sources of economic growth. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edmund Phelps has received more than 225,407 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia. Edmund Phelps is the 84th most popular economist, the 1,110th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,089th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Economist.

Edmund Phelps is most famous for his book "Mass Flourishing: How Grassroots Innovation Created Jobs, Challenge, and Change."

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Edmund Phelps ranks 84 out of 414. Before him are Reinhard Selten, James Mill, Jean-Claude Trichet, Thomas Mun, Franz Oppenheimer, and Richard Thaler. After him are Lawrence Klein, James M. Buchanan, Alfred Weber, Charles Cooley, William Vickrey, and Robert Reich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Edmund Phelps ranks 65. Before him are John Gurdon, Tomislav Ivić, Philip Zimbardo, Mathieu Kérékou, Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud, and Horst Buchholz. After him are Henryk Górecki, Richard S. Castellano, Willie Nelson, Ali Shariati, Than Shwe, and Robert Curl.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edmund Phelps ranks 1,110 out of 20,380. Before him are Idina Menzel (1971), Andrew S. Tanenbaum (1944), George Jung (1942), Mary Ainsworth (1913), Richard Serra (1939), and Robert F. Furchgott (1916). After him are Meir Kahane (1932), Mark Wahlberg (1971), Andrew Dickson White (1832), Robert W. Holley (1922), Meg Ryan (1961), and Shelley Duvall (1949).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Edmund Phelps ranks 22. Before him are Ben Bernanke (1953), Kenneth Arrow (1921), Harry Markowitz (1927), James Tobin (1918), W. Edwards Deming (1900), and Richard Thaler (1945). After him are Lawrence Klein (1920), James M. Buchanan (1919), Charles Cooley (1864), Robert Reich (1946), Robert Lucas Jr. (1937), and Claudia Goldin (1946).

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