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Jon Elster

1940 - Today

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Jon Elster (; born 22 February 1940, Oslo) is a Norwegian philosopher and political theorist who holds the Robert K. Merton professorship of Social Science at Columbia University. He received his PhD in social science from the École Normale Superieure in 1972. He has previously taught at the University of Paris, the University of Oslo, and the University of Chicago, where he became professor of political science in 1984. Since 1995, he has held the Robert K. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jon Elster has received more than 177,886 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Jon Elster is the 220th most popular economist (down from 183rd in 2019), the 162nd most popular biography from Norway (down from 147th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Norwegian Economist.

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  • 22

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  • 5.79

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Jon Elster ranks 220 out of 315. Before him are Eugen Slutsky, Thomas Sowell, Martín de Azpilcueta, Roy Harrod, Nassau William Senior, and David D. Friedman. After him are Benjamin Tucker, E. F. Schumacher, Henry Hazlitt, Giovanni Arrighi, Pierre Le Pesant, sieur de Boisguilbert, and George Shultz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Jon Elster ranks 214. Before him are Christoph Blocher, Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Isdal Woman, Jair da Costa, Thelma Schoonmaker, and Raoni Metuktire. After him are Natalia Makarova, David Koch, Lorenzo Baldisseri, Tony Allen, Silvio Marzolini, and Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Jon Elster ranks 162 out of 927. Before him are Nils Christie (1928), Camilla Collett (1813), Euronymous (1968), Johan Borgen (1902), Sigurd Slembe (1100), and Bjørn Wirkola (1943). After him are Peter Waage (1833), Toralf Engan (1936), Johan Grøttumsbråten (1899), Marit Bjørgen (1980), Harriet Backer (1845), and John Norum (1964).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Norway

Among economists born in Norway, Jon Elster ranks 4. Before him are Ragnar Frisch (1895), Trygve Haavelmo (1911), and Finn E. Kydland (1943).

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