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János Kornai

1928 - 2021

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János Kornai (21 January 1928 – 18 October 2021) was a Hungarian economist noted for his analysis and criticism of the command economies of Eastern European communist states. He also covered macroeconomic aspects in countries undergoing post-Soviet transition. He was emeritus professor at both Harvard University and Corvinus University of Budapest. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of János Kornai has received more than 126,950 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). János Kornai is the 95th most popular economist (up from 212th in 2019), the 107th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 301st in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, János Kornai ranks 95 out of 315. Before him are Paul Krugman, Eugen Dühring, Lawrence Klein, Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Merton Miller, and George Akerlof. After him are Richard Cantillon, Douglas McGregor, Friedrich von Wieser, John Harsanyi, William Vickrey, and Alan Greenspan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, János Kornai ranks 67. Before him are Giampiero Boniperti, James Ivory, Reynaldo Bignone, Manfred Rommel, Alan J. Pakula, and Jim Lovell. After him are Zhu Rongji, James Garner, James Randi, Tony Richardson, Carl Woese, and Erik Bruhn. Among people deceased in 2021, János Kornai ranks 77. Before him are Hal Holbrook, Giampiero Boniperti, Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Nelson Freire, Richard Donner, and Ei-ichi Negishi. After him are Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Joan Didion, Abdul Qadeer Khan, Ed Asner, Robert H. Grubbs, and Borisav Jović.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, János Kornai ranks 107 out of 866. Before him are Katalin Karikó (1955), Ignác Goldziher (1850), József Bozsik (1925), Ágnes Heller (1929), John Corvinus (1473), and Pál Teleki (1879). After him are Pál Schmitt (1942), George Pólya (1887), Stephen IV of Hungary (1133), Gyula Grosics (1926), Archduke Joseph August of Austria (1872), and Cornel Wilde (1912).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Hungary

Among economists born in Hungary, János Kornai ranks 1. After him are John Harsanyi (1920), Nicholas Kaldor (1908), and Eugen Varga (1879).

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