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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.Cassel was influential in Swedish debates about central planning in the early 20th century. Prior to World War I, Cassel held classical liberal views but shifted towards conservative liberalism in the interwar period. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gustav Cassel has received more than 68,888 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Gustav Cassel is the 212th most popular economist, the 382nd most popular biography from Sweden and the 5th most popular Swedish Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Gustav Cassel ranks 212 out of 315Before him are Peter Senge, Albert O. Hirschman, Arthur Melvin Okun, Abba P. Lerner, Clément Juglar, and William Baumol. After him are Stanley Fischer, Eugen Slutsky, Thomas Sowell, Martín de Azpilcueta, Roy Harrod, and Nassau William Senior.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Gustav Cassel ranks 65Before him are Georg Jensen, Kazimierz Twardowski, Hubert Van Innis, Ernest William Brown, Charles Mangin, and Vyacheslav Ivanov. After him are António José de Almeida, Jeppe Aakjær, Elizabeth von Arnim, J. M. E. McTaggart, Julian Marchlewski, and Robert Broom. Among people deceased in 1945, Gustav Cassel ranks 188Before him are Petar Bojović, Jack Thayer, Johannes Popitz, Mihail Sebastian, Adolf Bertram, and Henri Maspero. After him are Augustín Malár, Stamen Grigorov, Julius Leber, William Joseph Simmons, Antal Szerb, and Alfred Delp.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gustav Cassel ranks 382 out of 1,612Before him are Göran Wahlenberg (1780), Sofia Helin (1972), Slim Borgudd (1946), Pehr Kalm (1716), William Chambers (1723), and Lars Hörmander (1931). After him are Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793), Kalle Svensson (1925), Victoria Benedictsson (1850), Prince Carl Bernadotte (1911), Daniel Solander (1733), and Pehr Osbeck (1723).

Among ECONOMISTS In Sweden

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