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James M. Buchanan

1919 - 2013

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James McGill Buchanan Jr. (; October 3, 1919 – January 9, 2013) was an American economist known for his work on public choice theory originally outlined in his most famous work, The Calculus of Consent, co-authored with Gordon Tullock in 1962. He continued to develop the theory, eventually receiving the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1986. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James M. Buchanan has received more than 741,378 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia. James M. Buchanan is the 86th most popular economist (down from 75th in 2019), the 1,128th most popular biography from United States (down from 957th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Economist.

James Buchanan is most famous for being the president when the United States was on the brink of Civil War.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, James M. Buchanan ranks 86 out of 414. Before him are Jean-Claude Trichet, Thomas Mun, Franz Oppenheimer, Richard Thaler, Edmund Phelps, and Lawrence Klein. After him are Alfred Weber, Charles Cooley, William Vickrey, Robert Reich, Robert Lucas Jr., and Claudia Goldin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, James M. Buchanan ranks 35. Before him are Iris Murdoch, Andreas Papandreou, Moïse Tshombe, Leon Festinger, Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, and César Manrique. After him are James Lovelock, Mordechai Anielewicz, Jennifer Jones, Gillo Pontecorvo, Jackie Robinson, and Pete Seeger. Among people deceased in 2013, James M. Buchanan ranks 47. Before him are Mohammed Omar, Jerome Karle, Jesús Franco, James Gandolfini, Lawrence Klein, and John Cornforth. After him are Nagisa Oshima, Richard Matheson, Ed Lauter, Chinua Achebe, Viktor Kulikov, and Manfred Rommel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James M. Buchanan ranks 1,128 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard F. Heck (1931), David Scott (1932), Elisha Otis (1811), Jim Belushi (1954), Donna Leon (1942), and Stanley Tucci (1960). After him are Richard S. Castellano (1933), Ike Turner (1931), Stanley Miller (1930), Willie Nelson (1933), Will Durant (1885), and Hugh David Politzer (1949).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, James M. Buchanan ranks 24. Before him are Harry Markowitz (1927), James Tobin (1918), W. Edwards Deming (1900), Richard Thaler (1945), Edmund Phelps (1933), and Lawrence Klein (1920). After him are Charles Cooley (1864), Robert Reich (1946), Robert Lucas Jr. (1937), Claudia Goldin (1946), George Akerlof (1940), and Dale T. Mortensen (1939).

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