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William Nordhaus

1941 - Today

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William Dawbney Nordhaus (born May 31, 1941) is an American economist. He was a Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale University, best known for his work in economic modeling and climate change, and a co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Nordhaus has received more than 509,978 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). William Nordhaus is the 103rd most popular economist (up from 125th in 2019), the 1,405th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,664th in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Economist.

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  • 59.89

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  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, William Nordhaus ranks 103 out of 315. Before him are Douglas McGregor, Friedrich von Wieser, John Harsanyi, William Vickrey, Alan Greenspan, and Alfred Weber. After him are Vernon L. Smith, Dale T. Mortensen, Eugene Fama, Knut Wicksell, Tjalling Koopmans, and Robert J. Shiller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, William Nordhaus ranks 89. Before him are Linda McCartney, Martin Evans, Aimé Jacquet, Bertrand Tavernier, Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., and Robert Wilson. After him are Carlo Maria Viganò, Josip Skoblar, Princess Muna al-Hussein, Alfred G. Gilman, Jacqueline Boyer, and David Gross.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Nordhaus ranks 1,405 out of 18,182. Before him are Rose Kennedy (1890), Carroll Baker (1931), Jean M. Auel (1936), Karen Grassle (1942), Héctor Elizondo (1936), and Robert Wilson (1941). After him are Luke Perry (1966), Bernard Herrmann (1911), Sissy Spacek (1949), Patch Adams (1945), Elisabeth Shue (1963), and Danielle Steel (1947).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, William Nordhaus ranks 30. Before him are Paul Krugman (1953), Lawrence Klein (1920), Merton Miller (1923), George Akerlof (1940), Douglas McGregor (1906), and Alan Greenspan (1926). After him are Vernon L. Smith (1927), Dale T. Mortensen (1939), Eugene Fama (1939), Robert J. Shiller (1946), Robert B. Wilson (1937), and Thomas J. Sargent (1943).

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