ECONOMIST

Philippe Van Parijs

1951 - Today

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Philippe Van Parijs (French: [filip vɑ̃ paʁɛjs]; born May 23, 1951) is a Belgian political philosopher and political economist, best known as a proponent and main defender of the concept of an unconditional basic income and for the first systematic treatment of linguistic justice. In 2020, he was listed by Prospect as the eighth-greatest thinker for the COVID-19 era, with the magazine writing, "Today’s young UBI enthusiasts draw on the books and tap the networks of this Belgian polymath, who championed it before it was fashionable. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philippe Van Parijs has received more than 166,616 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Philippe Van Parijs is the 295th most popular economist (down from 257th in 2019), the 612th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 482nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Belgian Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Philippe Van Parijs ranks 295 out of 414. Before him are Diego Abad de Santillán, Seth Godin, Jesús Huerta de Soto, Zbigniew Messner, Ludwig Lachmann, and Yulia Navalnaya. After him are Pedro Solbes, Gottfried Haberler, Michael Kremer, Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Deirdre McCloskey, and Mark Blaug.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Philippe Van Parijs ranks 316. Before him are Anton Tkáč, Philip Bailey, Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, Ajahn Brahm, Trixi Schuba, and Irina Alfyorova. After him are Tatyana Tolstaya, Ulf Andersson, Aleksandr Panayotov Aleksandrov, Gianpiero Marini, Alexander Belov, and Miguel Ángel Moratinos.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Philippe Van Parijs ranks 612 out of 1,190. Before him are Toby Alderweireld (1989), Arthur De Greef (1862), Victor Mees (1927), Helmut Lotti (1969), Georges Berger (1918), and Georges Grün (1962). After him are Louis Glineur (1849), Jan Pieter Schotte (1928), FM-2030 (1930), Étienne Gailly (1922), Louis Versyp (1908), and Paul Deman (1889).

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Among ECONOMISTS In Belgium

Among economists born in Belgium, Philippe Van Parijs ranks 3. Before him are Silvio Gesell (1862), and Gustave de Molinari (1819). After him are Bernard Lietaer (1942), and Gunter Pauli (1956).

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