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Lawrence Klein

1920 - 2013

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Lawrence Robert Klein (September 14, 1920 – October 20, 2013) was an American economist. For his work in creating computer models to forecast economic trends in the field of econometrics in the Department of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, he was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1980 specifically "for the creation of econometric models and their application to the analysis of economic fluctuations and economic policies." Due to his efforts, such models have become widespread among economists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lawrence Klein has received more than 188,061 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Lawrence Klein is the 85th most popular economist (up from 90th in 2019), the 1,120th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,222nd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Economist.

Lawrence Klein is most famous for his work in macroeconomics. He is credited with developing the "Klein-Goldberger model," which is a mathematical model of the U.S. economy.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Lawrence Klein ranks 85 out of 414. Before him are James Mill, Jean-Claude Trichet, Thomas Mun, Franz Oppenheimer, Richard Thaler, and Edmund Phelps. After him are James M. Buchanan, Alfred Weber, Charles Cooley, William Vickrey, Robert Reich, and Robert Lucas Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Lawrence Klein ranks 50. Before him are Michèle Morgan, George Porter, Prem Tinsulanonda, Baruj Benacerraf, Chiara Lubich, and E. Donnall Thomas. After him are Shelley Winters, Walter Nowotny, George Armitage Miller, P. D. James, Dave Brubeck, and Ovadia Yosef. Among people deceased in 2013, Lawrence Klein ranks 45. Before him are Georges Moustaki, Don Shirley, Mohammed Omar, Jerome Karle, Jesús Franco, and James Gandolfini. After him are John Cornforth, James M. Buchanan, Nagisa Oshima, Richard Matheson, Ed Lauter, and Chinua Achebe.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lawrence Klein ranks 1,120 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert W. Holley (1922), Meg Ryan (1961), Shelley Duvall (1949), Lewis A. Swift (1820), Suzi Quatro (1950), and James Gandolfini (1961). After him are Charlie Munger (1924), Richard F. Heck (1931), David Scott (1932), Elisha Otis (1811), Jim Belushi (1954), and Donna Leon (1942).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Lawrence Klein ranks 23. Before him are Kenneth Arrow (1921), Harry Markowitz (1927), James Tobin (1918), W. Edwards Deming (1900), Richard Thaler (1945), and Edmund Phelps (1933). After him are James M. Buchanan (1919), Charles Cooley (1864), Robert Reich (1946), Robert Lucas Jr. (1937), Claudia Goldin (1946), and George Akerlof (1940).

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