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Gordon Tullock

1922 - 2014

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Gordon Tullock (; February 13, 1922 – November 3, 2014) was an American economist and professor of law and economics at the George Mason University School of Law. He is best known for his work on public choice theory, the application of economic thinking to political issues. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gordon Tullock has received more than 160,722 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Gordon Tullock is the 284th most popular economist (down from 270th in 2019), the 5,806th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,621st in 2019) and the 92nd most popular American Economist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Gordon Tullocks by language

Over the past year Gordon Tullock has had the most page views in the with 19,793 views, followed by Chinese (2,348), and Russian (2,026). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (155.92%), Portuguese (131.09%), and Catalan (81.40%)

Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Gordon Tullock ranks 284 out of 414. Before him are Alexander Chayanov, Aušra Augustinavičiūtė, Gian Domenico Romagnosi, Paul Sweezy, William Phillips, and Wesley Clair Mitchell. After him are Herman Daly, Max O. Lorenz, Anthony Downs, Ragnar Nurkse, Diego Abad de Santillán, and Seth Godin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Gordon Tullock ranks 266. Before him are John Christopher, José Luis López Vázquez, Juhan Smuul, Július Torma, Hal Moore, and Agustina Bessa-Luís. After him are William Gaddis, Ruby Dee, Károly Németh, Norman Lear, Lizabeth Scott, and Leonel Brizola. Among people deceased in 2014, Gordon Tullock ranks 261. Before him are Angéla Németh, Francesco Marchisano, Helen Johns, Gyude Bryant, Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg, and Atef Ebeid. After him are Durdy Bayramov, Ruby Dee, The Ultimate Warrior, Leonid Stadnyk, Ernie Terrell, and Lilli Carati.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gordon Tullock ranks 5,806 out of 20,380. Before him are Jonah Falcon (1970), Ronald McNair (1950), Mary Ellen Mark (1940), Alice Joyce (1890), Black Kettle (1803), and Buck Adams (1955). After him are Kim Raver (1969), Marty Balin (1942), Edward Cook (1888), Ruth St. Denis (1879), Margaret Geller (1947), and Ally Sheedy (1962).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Gordon Tullock ranks 92. Before him are Joshua Angrist (1960), John R. Commons (1862), Leo Huberman (1903), Arthur Laffer (1940), Paul Sweezy (1910), and Wesley Clair Mitchell (1874). After him are Herman Daly (1938), Max O. Lorenz (1876), Anthony Downs (1930), Seth Godin (1960), Michael Kremer (1964), and Deirdre McCloskey (1942).

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