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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 and since 2005 professor of social science at the Collège de France. 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 188,072 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Jon Elster is the 206th most popular economist (up from 218th in 2019), the 160th most popular biography from Norway (up from 161st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Norwegian Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Jon Elster ranks 206 out of 414. Before him are Michel Camdessus, Douglas Diamond, Bertrand de Jouvenel, Raúl Prebisch, Alvin Hansen, and Gustav Cassel. After him are Paul Volcker, Hyman Minsky, Henry Hazlitt, Alvin E. Roth, Robert Torrens, and Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Jon Elster ranks 193. Before him are Vyacheslav Ivankov, Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, Fouad Twal, Sandro Munari, Manfred Mann, and Haing S. Ngor. After him are Agostino Vallini, José van Dam, Anatoliy Bondarchuk, Gérard Larrousse, Diane, Duchess of Württemberg, and Christoph Blocher.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Jon Elster ranks 160 out of 1,039. Before him are Anne Holt (1958), Ohthere of Hålogaland (900), Thorbjørn Jagland (1950), Inge II of Norway (1185), Anathon Aall (1867), and Nordahl Grieg (1902). After him are Sigurd Slembe (1100), Amalie Skram (1846), Birger Ruud (1911), Hjalmar Andersen (1923), Anja Breien (1940), and Petter Dass (1647).

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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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