ECONOMIST

Hyman Minsky

1919 - 1996

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Hyman Philip Minsky (September 23, 1919 – October 24, 1996) was an American economist, a professor of economics at Washington University in St. Louis, and a distinguished scholar at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College. His research attempted to provide an understanding and explanation of the characteristics of financial crises, which he attributed to swings in a potentially fragile financial system. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hyman Minsky has received more than 660,492 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Hyman Minsky is the 208th most popular economist (down from 176th in 2019), the 3,410th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,789th in 2019) and the 69th most popular American Economist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 660k

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  • 53.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Hyman Minsky has had the most page views in the with 50,619 views, followed by German (5,299), and Spanish (4,689). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (21.94%), Egyptian Arabic (19.43%), and Hungarian (10.48%)

Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Hyman Minsky ranks 208 out of 414. Before him are Bertrand de Jouvenel, Raúl Prebisch, Alvin Hansen, Gustav Cassel, Jon Elster, and Paul Volcker. After him are Henry Hazlitt, Alvin E. Roth, Robert Torrens, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Ferdinando Galiani, and Grigory Yavlinsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Hyman Minsky ranks 120. Before him are Anatoly Dobrynin, Vikram Sarabhai, Doris Miller, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Paavo Aaltonen, and Wasfi Tal. After him are Red Buttons, Lisa Della Casa, Anne Buydens, Briek Schotte, Werner Goldberg, and Rie Mastenbroek. Among people deceased in 1996, Hyman Minsky ranks 118. Before him are Brunó Ferenc Straub, Gerry Mulligan, Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho, Károly Grósz, Haing S. Ngor, and Edison Denisov. After him are Chas Chandler, Jerry Siegel, Ljuba Welitsch, Aruna Asaf Ali, Dan Flavin, and Pierre Grimal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hyman Minsky ranks 3,410 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert M. Pirsig (1928), Melissa Sue Anderson (1962), Vernor Vinge (1944), Earnie Shavers (1944), Machine Gun Kelly (1990), and Fred Quimby (1886). After him are Bobby Brown (1969), Frederic Forrest (1936), James McDivitt (1929), Damon Wayans (1960), Amy Beach (1867), and Henry Hazlitt (1894).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Hyman Minsky ranks 69. Before him are Benjamin Tucker (1854), Paul Romer (1955), Eric Maskin (1950), Douglas Diamond (1953), Alvin Hansen (1887), and Paul Volcker (1927). After him are Henry Hazlitt (1894), Alvin E. Roth (1951), Peter Senge (1947), Mancur Olson (1932), William Baumol (1922), and Chester Barnard (1886).

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