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Steven Levitt

1967 - Today

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Steven David Levitt (born May 29, 1967) is an American economist and co-author of the best-selling book Freakonomics and its sequels (along with Stephen J. Dubner). Levitt was the winner of the 2003 John Bates Clark Medal for his work in the field of crime, and is currently the William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago as well as the Faculty Director and Co-Founder of the Center for Radical Innovation for Social Change at the University of Chicago which incubates the Data Science for Everyone coalition. He was co-editor of the Journal of Political Economy published by the University of Chicago Press until December 2007. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Steven Levitt has received more than 875,304 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Steven Levitt is the 410th most popular economist (down from 366th in 2019), the 17,013th most popular biography from United States (down from 15,033rd in 2019) and the 130th most popular American Economist.

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  • 16

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  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, Steven Levitt ranks 410 out of 414. Before him are Yochai Benkler, Rebecca Blank, Kate Raworth, Cecilia Rouse, Bina Agarwal, and Dambisa Moyo. After him are Urjit Patel, Tyler Cowen, Thomas DiLorenzo, Susan Athey, Robin Hanson, and Kshama Sawant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Steven Levitt ranks 832. Before him are Tõnu Tõniste, Milan Kerbr, Sherri Shepherd, Terry Butler, Angel Martino, and Ann Brashares. After him are Nicolae Țaga, Alex Bunbury, Patrick Galbraith, Masahiro Shimoda, Steve Pemberton, and Fernando Henrique Mariano.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Steven Levitt ranks 17,013 out of 20,380. Before him are Warren Kole (1977), Ann Brashares (1967), Kyle Snyder (1995), Jared Palmer (1971), Kristin Herrera (1989), and Kirk Hinrich (1981). After him are Frances Tiafoe (1998), Howard Benson (1956), Kirk Franklin (1970), Dominik Mysterio (1997), Dick Costolo (1963), and Christian Cantwell (1980).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, Steven Levitt ranks 130. Before him are Christina Romer (1958), Laura Tyson (1947), Winona LaDuke (1959), Alan Krueger (1960), Rebecca Blank (1955), and Cecilia Rouse (1963). After him are Tyler Cowen (1962), and Susan Athey (1970).

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