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Leonid Hurwicz

1917 - 2008

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Leonid Hurwicz (Polish pronunciation: [lɛˈɔɲit ˈxurvitʂ]; August 21, 1917 – June 24, 2008) was a Polish–American economist and mathematician, known for his work in game theory and mechanism design. He originated the concept of incentive compatibility, and showed how desired outcomes can be achieved by using incentive compatible mechanism design. Hurwicz shared the 2007 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (with Eric Maskin and Roger Myerson) for his seminal work on mechanism design. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonid Hurwicz has received more than 291,361 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Leonid Hurwicz is the 84th most popular economist (up from 89th in 2019), the 324th most popular biography from Russia (up from 351st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Economist.

Leonid Hurwicz is most famous for his work in welfare economics. He developed the concept of Pareto efficiency and showed that a competitive equilibrium is Pareto efficient.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Leonid Hurwicz ranks 84 out of 315. Before him are Charles Cooley, Gottfried Feder, Richard Thaler, Arthur Cecil Pigou, Harry Markowitz, and Thomas Mun. After him are Edmund Phelps, Cornelius Castoriadis, Gérard Debreu, Richard Stone, Paul Krugman, and Eugen Dühring.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Leonid Hurwicz ranks 49. Before him are Herbert A. Hauptman, Mel Ferrer, Ko Arima, Andrew Huxley, John Kendrew, and Jack Kirby. After him are Violeta Parra, Maurice Duverger, Rodney Robert Porter, Dinu Lipatti, Leonora Carrington, and David McClelland. Among people deceased in 2008, Leonid Hurwicz ranks 36. Before him are Willis Lamb, Lansana Conté, Mel Ferrer, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow, Thomas Huckle Weller, and Jörg Haider. After him are Masanobu Fukuoka, Ivan Rebroff, Mark Felt, Aimé Césaire, Dino Risi, and Phil Hill.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Leonid Hurwicz ranks 324 out of 3,262. Before him are Georgy Chicherin (1872), Alexandre Kojève (1902), Ilia II of Georgia (1933), George Balanchine (1904), Johann Georg Hamann (1730), and Simeon of Moscow (1316). After him are Eduard Khil (1934), Igor Smirnov (1941), Nikolay Pirogov (1810), Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1822), Eduard Limonov (1943), and Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia (1860).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Russia

Among economists born in Russia, Leonid Hurwicz ranks 2. Before him are Nikolai Kondratiev (1892). After him are Nikolay Danilevsky (1822), Eugen Slutsky (1880), Alexander Chayanov (1888), Leonid Abalkin (1930), Ladislaus Bortkiewicz (1868), Tatyana Golikova (1966), Arkady Dvorkovich (1972), and Olga Golodets (1962).

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