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John R. Commons

1862 - 1945

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John Rogers Commons (October 13, 1862 – May 11, 1945) was an American institutional economist, Georgist, progressive and labor historian at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John R. Commons has received more than 189,988 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). John R. Commons is the 272nd most popular economist (down from 238th in 2019), the 5,300th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,423rd in 2019) and the 87th most popular American Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, John R. Commons ranks 272 out of 414. Before him are James Wolfensohn, Petr Aven, Andreas Kaplan, Evsei Liberman, Boediono, and Joshua Angrist. After him are Alfred Müller-Armack, Leo Huberman, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Bruno de Finetti, Arthur Laffer, and Alexander Chayanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, John R. Commons ranks 113. Before him are Emil von Sauer, Edward Granville Browne, Aleksander Kakowski, Cosmo Duff-Gordon, Hermann Gunkel, and Émile Coste. After him are Damrong Rajanubhab, Ida B. Wells, Theodor Fischer, Maironis, Florence Bascom, and Meliton Balanchivadze. Among people deceased in 1945, John R. Commons ranks 255. Before him are William Joseph Simmons, Henri Dentz, Alfred Saalwächter, Nils Edén, Eddie Slovik, and Aleksandr Khanzhonkov. After him are Aleksey Krylov, János Garay, Wilhelm Hasse, Leonhard Kaupisch, Berta Zuckerkandl, and Ludwig Diels.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John R. Commons ranks 5,300 out of 20,380. Before him are Joshua Angrist (1960), V. C. Andrews (1923), Jennie Garth (1972), Susanna Hoffs (1959), Peter Greene (1965), and James Shigeta (1929). After him are George Constantine (1918), Johnny Hodges (1906), Beth Hart (1972), Barry Bonds (1964), John King Fairbank (1907), and Albert Collins (1932).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, John R. Commons ranks 87. Before him are Arthur Melvin Okun (1928), Robert Barro (1944), Edward Chamberlin (1899), Greg Mankiw (1958), Dennis Meadows (1942), and Joshua Angrist (1960). After him are Leo Huberman (1903), Arthur Laffer (1940), Paul Sweezy (1910), Wesley Clair Mitchell (1874), Gordon Tullock (1922), and Herman Daly (1938).

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