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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 20,248 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). William Phillips is the 243rd most popular economist (down from 231st in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 33rd in 2019) and the most popular New Zealander Economist.

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  • 19

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, William Phillips ranks 243 out of 315Before him are Eugen Varga, Jules Dupuit, Greg Mankiw, John R. Commons, Leopold von Wiese, and Ragnar Nurkse. After him are Edward Chamberlin, Georg Friedrich Knapp, Theodore Levitt, Olivier Blanchard, Tony Atkinson, and Leo Huberman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, William Phillips ranks 191Before him are Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Hans Wegner, E. G. Marshall, Kevin McCarthy, Beatrice Straight, and Josep Escolà. After him are Alf Prøysen, Grigol Abashidze, Hovhannes Shiraz, Norman Lloyd, Akira Ifukube, and Gisèle Casadesus. Among people deceased in 1975, William Phillips ranks 120Before him are Aníbal Troilo, G. I. Taylor, Olga Bergholz, Ezzard Charles, Manuel Seoane, and Joseph Laniel. After him are Georges Carpentier, Doria Shafik, Pierre Fresnay, Friedrich Sämisch, Gary Thain, and Richard Ratsimandrava.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, William Phillips ranks 36 out of 248Before him are Andrew Niccol (1964), Janet Frame (1924), Cliff Curtis (1968), Jacinda Ardern (1980), Taika Waititi (1975), and Roy Kerr (1934). After him are Helen Clark (1950), Gary Thain (1948), Wynton Rufer (1962), Patsy Reddy (1954), Thomas Williams (1930), and Peter Snell (1938).

Among ECONOMISTS In New Zealand

Among economists born in New Zealand, William Phillips ranks 1