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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 175,152 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi is the 118th most popular economist (down from 116th in 2019), the 127th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 126th in 2019) and the most popular Swiss Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi ranks 118 out of 315Before him are Kristalina Georgieva, Robert B. Wilson, Silvio Gesell, Thomas J. Sargent, Rudolf Hilferding, and William Beveridge. After him are Finn E. Kydland, Thomas Schelling, Oskar Morgenstern, George Stigler, W. Arthur Lewis, and James Meade.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1773, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi ranks 13Before him are Friedrich Mohs, James Mill, Louis I of Etruria, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia, Aimé Bonpland, and Thérésa Tallien. After him are Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt, Luisa of Naples and Sicily, Henri Gatien Bertrand, George Cayley, Robert Surcouf, and Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder. Among people deceased in 1842, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi ranks 13Before him are Jules Dumont d'Urville, Clemens Brentano, Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey, Dominique Jean Larrey, Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Pierre Cambronne. After him are Charles Bell, Peter Fendi, José de Espronceda, Wojciech Żywny, Francisco Morazán, and Sándor Kőrösi Csoma.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi ranks 127 out of 876Before him are Mario Adorf (1930), Matthäus Merian (1593), Carla Del Ponte (1947), Marthe Keller (1945), Blaise Cendrars (1887), and Annemarie Schwarzenbach (1908). After him are Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz (1878), Ernest Bloch (1880), Frank Martin (1890), Guy Parmelin (1959), Antoine-Henri Jomini (1779), and Louis Agassiz (1807).

Among ECONOMISTS In Switzerland

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