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Harold Laski

1893 - 1950

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Harold Joseph Laski (30 June 1893 – 24 March 1950) was an English political theorist and economist. He was active in politics and served as the chairman of the British Labour Party from 1945 to 1946 and was a professor at the London School of Economics from 1926 to 1950. He first promoted pluralism by emphasising the importance of local voluntary communities such as trade unions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harold Laski has received more than 591,508 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Harold Laski is the 188th most popular economist (up from 200th in 2019), the 1,711th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,966th in 2019) and the 28th most popular British Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Harold Laski ranks 188 out of 414Before him are Eli Heckscher, Frank Knight, Nikolay Danilevsky, Lujo Brentano, Robert B. Wilson, and Oliver Hart. After him are Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, Israel Kirzner, Benjamin Tucker, Thomas Piketty, Paul Romer, and Eric Maskin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Harold Laski ranks 107Before him are Luis Otero, Haykanoush Danielyan, Rahul Sankrityayan, Léopold Szondi, Alois Hába, and Beatrice Wood. After him are Dorothy L. Sayers, Farabundo Martí, Cedric Gibbons, Ba Maw, José Calvo Sotelo, and Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg. Among people deceased in 1950, Harold Laski ranks 74Before him are Nikolai Voznesensky, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Shigenori Tōgō, Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, Arturo Alessandri, and Karl Guthe Jansky. After him are Lev Berg, Ulrich Graf, Walton Walker, Kazys Grinius, Edgar Lee Masters, and Kurt Schmitt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Harold Laski ranks 1,711 out of 8,785Before him are Edward FitzGerald (1809), Oliver Hart (1948), Cassivellaunus (-100), Bill Foulkes (1932), James Gillray (1756), and James Ferguson (1797). After him are John Ross (1777), Donald Adamson (1939), George Rooke (1650), Wat Tyler (1341), Lulach (1030), and Eadgifu of Wessex (null).

Among ECONOMISTS In United Kingdom

Among economists born in United Kingdom, Harold Laski ranks 28Before him are James Mirrlees (1936), Kenneth E. Boulding (1910), Henry Sidgwick (1838), Lionel Robbins (1898), Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield (1859), and Oliver Hart (1948). After him are Israel Kirzner (1930), John A. Hobson (1858), Robert Torrens (1780), Nassau William Senior (1790), Roy Harrod (1900), and Tony Atkinson (1944).