ECONOMIST

William Phillips

1914 - 1975

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Alban William Housego "A. W." "Bill" Phillips, MBE (18 November 1914 – 4 March 1975) was a New Zealand economist who spent most of his academic career as a professor of economics at the London School of Economics (LSE). He invented the Phillips curve of economics in 1958. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Phillips has received more than 21,146 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). William Phillips is the 282nd most popular economist (down from 241st in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 36th in 2019) and the most popular New Zealander Economist.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, William Phillips ranks 282 out of 414. Before him are Bruno de Finetti, Arthur Laffer, Alexander Chayanov, Aušra Augustinavičiūtė, Gian Domenico Romagnosi, and Paul Sweezy. After him are Wesley Clair Mitchell, Gordon Tullock, Herman Daly, Max O. Lorenz, Anthony Downs, and Ragnar Nurkse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, William Phillips ranks 242. Before him are Jyoti Basu, Annemarie Selinko, Krishan Chander, Jack Cardiff, Hermínio de Brito, and Helen Johns. After him are Adolf Urban, Orhan Kemal, Sven Jacobsson, John Ireland, Oscar Heisserer, and Renato Olmi. Among people deceased in 1975, William Phillips ranks 165. Before him are Moe Howard, Edmundo Piaggio, Minas Avetisyan, James Blish, Arvo Askola, and Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis. After him are James Robertson Justice, Krešimir Baranović, Pete Ham, Alf Andersen, Jacob Bjerknes, and Maurice Feltin.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, William Phillips ranks 44 out of 303. Before him are Gary Thain (1948), Rob Hall (1961), Ronald Syme (1903), Ngaio Marsh (1895), Keith Urban (1967), and Jacinda Ardern (1980). After him are Roy Kerr (1934), Anthony Wilding (1883), Antony Starr (1975), Jean Batten (1909), Patsy Reddy (1954), and Kevin Smith (1963).

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Among ECONOMISTS In New Zealand

Among economists born in New Zealand, William Phillips ranks 1. 

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