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John A. Hobson

1858 - 1940

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John Atkinson Hobson (6 July 1858 – 1 April 1940) was an English economist and social scientist. Hobson is best known for his writing on imperialism, which influenced Vladimir Lenin, and his theory of underconsumption.His principal and earliest contribution to economics was the theory of underconsumption, a scathing criticism of Say's law and classical economics' emphasis on thrift. However, this discredited Hobson among the professional economics community from which he was ultimately excluded. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John A. Hobson has received more than 195,740 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). John A. Hobson is the 192nd most popular economist (down from 176th in 2019), the 1,810th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,733rd in 2019) and the 29th most popular British Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, John A. Hobson ranks 192 out of 315Before him are Gustave de Molinari, Pierre Leroux, Lujo Brentano, Paul Romer, Henry George, and Chester Barnard. After him are Roger Myerson, Paul Volcker, Raúl Prebisch, Alvin E. Roth, Adam Müller, and Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, John A. Hobson ranks 63Before him are Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Archibald Gracie IV, William Henry Pickering, John L. Sullivan, Francis Preserved Leavenworth, and P. J. Kennedy. After him are Hans Rott, E. Nesbit, Gustaf Kossinna, Mélanie Bonis, Medardo Rosso, and Vincas Kudirka. Among people deceased in 1940, John A. Hobson ranks 74Before him are Phan Bội Châu, Arthur Rostron, Oliver Lodge, Henri Desgrange, Nedo Nadi, and Madeleine Astor. After him are Stanisław Bułak-Bałachowicz, Albert Kahn, Abdelhamid Ben Badis, Olga Boznańska, Marcel Granet, and Alfred Fowler.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John A. Hobson ranks 1,810 out of 7,765Before him are Sadiq Khan (1970), Louis Harold Gray (1905), Clive Barker (1952), David A. Stewart (1952), Reginald Johnston (1874), and Taron Egerton (1989). After him are Edward Walter Maunder (1851), Michael Jackson (1942), Eric Woolfson (1945), Spencer Perceval (1762), John Lydon (1956), and Stephen Langton (1150).

Among ECONOMISTS In United Kingdom

Among economists born in United Kingdom, John A. Hobson ranks 29Before him are Oliver Hart (1948), Lionel Robbins (1898), Harriet Martineau (1802), Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield (1859), Henry Sidgwick (1838), and Israel Kirzner (1930). After him are Harold Laski (1893), Roy Harrod (1900), Nassau William Senior (1790), Colin Clark (1905), Tony Atkinson (1944), and Antony C. Sutton (1925).