1914 - 1975
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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Among economists, William Phillips ranks 243 out of 315. Before 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.
1879 - 1964
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 237
1804 - 1866
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 238
1958 - Present
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 239
1862 - 1945
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 240
1876 - 1969
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 241
1907 - 1959
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 242
1914 - 1975
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 243
1899 - 1967
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 244
1842 - 1926
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 245
1925 - 2006
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 246
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 247
1944 - 2017
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 248
1903 - 1968
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 249
Among people born in 1914, William Phillips ranks 191. Before 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 120. Before 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.
1914 - 2010
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 185
1914 - 2007
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 186
1914 - 1998
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 187
1914 - 2010
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 188
1914 - 2001
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 189
1914 - 1998
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 190
1914 - 1975
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 191
1914 - 1970
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 192
1914 - 1994
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 193
1914 - 1984
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 194
1914 - 2021
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 195
1914 - 2006
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 196
1914 - 2017
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 197
1914 - 1975
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 114
1886 - 1975
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 115
1910 - 1975
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 116
1921 - 1975
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 117
1902 - 1975
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 118
1889 - 1975
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 119
1914 - 1975
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 120
1894 - 1975
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 121
1908 - 1975
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 122
1897 - 1975
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 123
1896 - 1975
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 124
1948 - 1975
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 125
1931 - 1975
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 126
Among people born in New Zealand, William Phillips ranks 36 out of 248. Before 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).
1964 - Present
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 30
1924 - 2004
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 31
1968 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 32
1980 - Present
HPI: 51.24
Rank: 33
1975 - Present
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 34
1934 - Present
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 35
1914 - 1975
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 36
1950 - Present
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 37
1948 - 1975
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 38
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 39
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 40
1930 - 2023
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 41
1938 - 2019
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 42
Among economists born in New Zealand, William Phillips ranks 1.