PHILOSOPHER

Susan George

1934 - Today

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Susan George (born June 29, 1934) is an American and French political and social scientist, activist and writer on global social justice, Third World poverty, underdevelopment and debt. She is the president of the Transnational Institute, a think-tank located in Amsterdam. She is a fierce critic of the present policies of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank (IBRD) and what she calls their 'maldevelopment model'. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Susan George has received more than 46,456 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Susan George is the 1,095th most popular philosopher (down from 957th in 2019), the 5,985th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,700th in 2019) and the 54th most popular American Philosopher.

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  • 46k

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  • 49.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Susan George ranks 1,095 out of 1,267. Before her are Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi, Aristobulus of Alexandria, Ned Block, David Chalmers, G. A. Cohen, and Jean Cavaillès. After her are Tadeusz Kotarbiński, Ivan Kireyevsky, Eugenio Garin, J. L. Mackie, Sosipatra, and Aleksei Losev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Susan George ranks 313. Before her are Rodri, Gérard Latortue, Gergely Kulcsár, Junior Wells, Leonid Stein, and Nikolai Slichenko. After her are Lew Hoad, Turan Dursun, Roy Kerr, Roger Norrington, Lyudmila Shevtsova, and Tomás Eloy Martínez.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Susan George ranks 5,985 out of 20,380. Before her are Daniel Burnham (1846), Emily Kinney (1985), Daniel Noboa (1987), Carol Morris (1936), Mena Suvari (1979), and Mel Sheppard (1883). After her are Steve Stevens (1959), Amy Ryan (1969), Paul Morrissey (1938), Darren Young (1983), Agnes Ayres (1898), and Linda Cardellini (1975).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United States

Among philosophers born in United States, Susan George ranks 54. Before her are Hubert Dreyfus (1929), Paul Kurtz (1925), Amina Wadud (1952), Barrington Moore Jr. (1913), Richard Posner (1939), and Ned Block (1942). After her are Michael Hardt (1960), Sandra Harding (1935), Amos Bronson Alcott (1799), Cornel West (1953), Gary L. Francione (1954), and Nancy Cartwright (1944).

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