ECONOMIST

Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi

1773 - 1842

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Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi, also known as Jean Charles Leonard Simonde de Sismondi, (French: [ʒɑ̃ ʃaʁl leɔnaʁ də sismɔ̃di]; 9 May 1773 – 25 June 1842), whose real surname was Simonde, was a Swiss historian and political economist, who is best known for his works on French and Italian history, and his economic ideas. His Nouveaux principes d'économie politique, ou de la richesse dans ses rapports avec la population (1819) represents the first liberal critique of laissez-faire economics. He was one of the pioneering advocates of unemployment insurance, sickness benefits, a progressive tax, regulation of working hours, and a pension scheme. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi has received more than 187,434 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi is the 93rd most popular economist (up from 117th in 2019), the 107th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 127th in 2019) and the most popular Swiss Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi ranks 93 out of 414. Before him are Alfred Weber, Charles Cooley, William Vickrey, Robert Reich, Robert Lucas Jr., and Claudia Goldin. After him are George Akerlof, Jacques Attali, Dale T. Mortensen, Gottfried Feder, Hermann Heinrich Gossen, and Gérard Debreu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1773, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi ranks 11. Before him are William Henry Harrison, Ludwig Tieck, Friedrich Mohs, Aimé Bonpland, James Mill, and Thérésa Tallien. After him are Louis I of Etruria, Giuseppe Acerbi, Henri Gatien Bertrand, Amschel Mayer Rothschild, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia, and Tokugawa Ienari. Among people deceased in 1842, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi ranks 9. Before him are Luigi Cherubini, Bernardo O'Higgins, Constanze Mozart, Clemens Brentano, Jules Dumont d'Urville, and Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of Orléans. After him are Dominique Jean Larrey, Pierre Cambronne, Peter Fendi, Charles Bell, Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Francisco Morazán.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi ranks 107 out of 1,015. Before him are Louis Chevrolet (1878), Albert Anker (1831), Henri Guisan (1874), Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821), Gaspard Bauhin (1560), and Hannes Meyer (1889). After him are Ludwig Binswanger (1881), Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz (1878), Rolf M. Zinkernagel (1944), Jost Bürgi (1552), Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747), and César Ritz (1850).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Switzerland

Among economists born in Switzerland, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi ranks 1. After him are Corinne Maier (1963).

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