ECONOMIST

Fritz Machlup

1902 - 1983

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Fritz Machlup (; German: [ˈmaxlʊp]; December 15, 1902 – January 30, 1983) was an Austrian-American economist known for his work in information economics. He was President of the International Economic Association from 1971 to 1974. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fritz Machlup has received more than 110,900 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Fritz Machlup is the 232nd most popular economist (down from 225th in 2019), the 659th most popular biography from Austria (down from 594th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Austrian Economist.

Memorability Metrics

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Fritz Machlups by language

Over the past year Fritz Machlup has had the most page views in the with 12,120 views, followed by Spanish (3,088), and Russian (2,261). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Bulgarian (70.21%), Czech (64.33%), and Swedish (62.36%)

Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Fritz Machlup ranks 232 out of 414. Before him are Jules Dupuit, Paul Milgrom, Thomas Sowell, Albert O. Hirschman, Leopold von Wiese, and Harold Innis. After him are Philip H. Dybvig, Ellen Swallow Richards, Eugen Slutsky, Johann Karl Rodbertus, Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Roscher, and Roy Harrod.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Fritz Machlup ranks 167. Before him are Erwin Rösener, Ansel Adams, Ryuzo Shimizu, Son House, Zino Francescatti, and Josef Silný. After him are Shen Congwen, Erik Eriksen, Herbert Feigl, Andrés Mazali, Valerian Zorin, and Sergey Lebedev. Among people deceased in 1983, Fritz Machlup ranks 117. Before him are Ira Gershwin, Earl Hines, Ada Blackjack, József Takács, Gunta Stölzl, and Werner Egk. After him are Alan Cunningham, Paolo Pedretti, John Williams, Michel Micombero, Corrie ten Boom, and Romain Maes.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Fritz Machlup ranks 659 out of 1,424. Before him are Marko Arnautović (1989), László Almásy (1895), Victor Papanek (1923), Hermann Bondi (1919), Béla Barényi (1907), and Emil von Reznicek (1860). After him are Hans Hermann Groër (1919), Saint Sturm (704), Friedrich Cerha (1926), Richard Tauber (1891), Johann Georg Hiedler (1792), and Otto Herschmann (1877).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Austria

Among economists born in Austria, Fritz Machlup ranks 5. Before him are Friedrich Hayek (1899), Karl Polanyi (1886), Friedrich von Wieser (1851), and Rudolf Hilferding (1877). After him are Bruno de Finetti (1906), Gottfried Haberler (1900), and Käthe Leichter (1895).

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