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Frank Fetter

1863 - 1949

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Frank Albert Fetter (; March 8, 1863 – March 21, 1949) was an American economist of the Austrian School. Fetter's treatise, The Principles of Economics, contributed to an increased American interest in the Austrian School, including the theories of Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, Friedrich von Wieser, and Ludwig von Mises. Fetter notably debated Alfred Marshall, presenting a theoretical reassessment of land as capital. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Fetter has received more than 68,418 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Fetter is the 358th most popular economist (down from 341st in 2019), the 9,361st most popular biography from United States (up from 9,832nd in 2019) and the 113th most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Frank Fetter ranks 358 out of 414. Before him are Justin Yifu Lin, Euclid Tsakalotos, Rose Friedman, John B. Taylor, Santiago Peña, and Clara Ponsatí. After him are Muriel Casals i Couturier, Paul Craig Roberts, Pier Carlo Padoan, Käthe Leichter, Jagdish Bhagwati, and Masaaki Shirakawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Frank Fetter ranks 164. Before him are Corrado Segre, Peider Lansel, Ida Freund, Dimitar Stanchov, Walter Migula, and Léon Frapié. After him are Johannes Weiss, Henri Padé, Reginald McKenna, Horatio Parker, Lucina Hagman, and Charles Le Goffic. Among people deceased in 1949, Frank Fetter ranks 171. Before him are Léon Frapié, Gheorghe Mironescu, Otakar Vindyš, Flora Drummond, Georges Trombert, and Herbert Stothart. After him are Sidney Olcott, Richard Dix, Albert Ammons, Alexander Drankov, Jack Lovelock, and Elmer Clifton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Fetter ranks 9,361 out of 20,380. Before him are Ken Henry (1929), Taboo (1975), Frances Schroth (1893), Guy Siner (1947), Kim Delaney (1961), and Chris Burden (1946). After him are Dave Filoni (1974), Danny Sullivan (1950), Josh Klinghoffer (1979), John Henry Twachtman (1853), Jim Backus (1913), and Garrick Ohlsson (1948).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Frank Fetter ranks 113. Before him are Henry Charles Carey (1793), Robert Rubin (1938), Armen Alchian (1914), Don Patinkin (1922), Edith Abbott (1876), and John B. Taylor (1946). After him are Paul Craig Roberts (1939), Richard Florida (1957), Martin Feldstein (1939), Richard D. Wolff (1942), Kenneth Rogoff (1953), and Michael Albert (1947).

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