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Gustav Cassel

1866 - 1945

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Karl Gustav Cassel (20 October 1866 – 14 January 1945) was a Swedish economist and professor of economics at Stockholm University. Cassel was among the most prominent economists in the world in the interwar period. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gustav Cassel has received more than 74,530 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Gustav Cassel is the 205th most popular economist (up from 210th in 2019), the 369th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 381st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swedish Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Gustav Cassel ranks 205 out of 414. Before him are Stanley Fischer, Michel Camdessus, Douglas Diamond, Bertrand de Jouvenel, Raúl Prebisch, and Alvin Hansen. After him are Jon Elster, Paul Volcker, Hyman Minsky, Henry Hazlitt, Alvin E. Roth, and Robert Torrens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Gustav Cassel ranks 65. Before him are Holger Nielsen, Roger Fry, Władysław Podkowiński, Kazimierz Twardowski, Charles Mangin, and Stamata Revithi. After him are Hubert Van Innis, Pyotr Lebedev, António José de Almeida, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera, and Carlos Schwabe. Among people deceased in 1945, Gustav Cassel ranks 188. Before him are Eric Liddell, Karl Fritzsch, Wincenty Witos, Ada Negri, Stamen Grigorov, and Petar Bojović. After him are Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe, Princess Thyra of Denmark, Maria Skobtsova, Gerhard Gentzen, Leo Borchard, and Jüri Uluots.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gustav Cassel ranks 369 out of 1,879. Before him are Noomi Rapace (1979), Thomas Ravelli (1959), Sofia Helin (1972), Princess Amalia of Sweden (1805), Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg (1753), and Monica Zetterlund (1937). After him are Ebba Brahe (1596), Pehr Osbeck (1723), Gustav Trolle (1488), Fredrik Reinfeldt (1965), Björn Nordqvist (1942), and Daniel Solander (1733).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Sweden

Among economists born in Sweden, Gustav Cassel ranks 5. Before him are Gunnar Myrdal (1898), Bertil Ohlin (1899), Knut Wicksell (1851), and Eli Heckscher (1879). After him are Erik Lindahl (1891).

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