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James Tobin

1918 - 2002

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James Tobin (March 5, 1918 – March 11, 2002) was an American economist who served on the Council of Economic Advisers and consulted with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and taught at Harvard and Yale Universities. He contributed to the development of key ideas in the Keynesian economics of his generation and advocated government intervention in particular to stabilize output and avoid recessions. His academic work included pioneering contributions to the study of investment, monetary and fiscal policy and financial markets. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Tobin has received more than 435,782 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia. James Tobin is the 73rd most popular economist (down from 69th in 2019), the 990th most popular biography from United States (down from 907th in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Economist.

James Tobin was a Nobel Prize-winning economist who was most famous for his work on the Tobin tax.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, James Tobin ranks 73 out of 414. Before him are Ben Bernanke, Kenneth Arrow, Arthur Cecil Pigou, Nikolai Kondratiev, Harry Markowitz, and Leonid Hurwicz. After him are Henry Mintzberg, John Kenneth Galbraith, W. Edwards Deming, Eugen Dühring, Reinhard Selten, and James Mill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, James Tobin ranks 36. Before him are Franco Modigliani, Frederick Reines, Yigal Allon, Ahmed Deedat, Bertram Brockhouse, and Arthur Kornberg. After him are Maurice Druon, Jerome Karle, Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Julian Schwinger, and Hans Scholl. Among people deceased in 2002, James Tobin ranks 33. Before him are Nándor Hidegkuti, Archer Martin, Robert Nozick, Jonas Savimbi, Juan Alberto Schiaffino, and Rod Steiger. After him are George Porter, John Gotti, Pim Fortuyn, Hildegard Knef, Ne Win, and Song Hye-rim.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Tobin ranks 990 out of 20,380. Before him are Harry Markowitz (1927), Cormac McCarthy (1933), Matt Groening (1954), Nat Turner (1800), Martha Graham (1894), and Éamon de Valera (1882). After him are Frances Marion (1888), Grant Wood (1891), Dennis Tito (1940), Mel Ferrer (1917), Tori Amos (1963), and Daniel Goleman (1946).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, James Tobin ranks 19. Before him are Theodore Schultz (1902), Oliver E. Williamson (1932), Irving Fisher (1867), Ben Bernanke (1953), Kenneth Arrow (1921), and Harry Markowitz (1927). After him are W. Edwards Deming (1900), Richard Thaler (1945), Edmund Phelps (1933), Lawrence Klein (1920), James M. Buchanan (1919), and Charles Cooley (1864).

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