[OPE-L] Greatest Twentieth-Century Economists Poll

From: glevy@PRATT.EDU
Date: Fri Feb 24 2006 - 10:59:55 EST


This is an indication, at least, of who many heterodox economists
believe were the greatest XX Century economists.  Some of the
rankings caused me to scratch my head.

In solidarity, Jerry

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Greatest Twentieth-Century Economists Poll, Post-Autistic Economics
Review, issue 36


      post-autistic economics review
      Issue no. 36, 24 February 2006



      Results of the post-autistic economics review’s

      Greatest Twentieth-Century Economists Poll



      Subscribers to this journal were asked:

      Who were the greatest economists of the 20th-Century?

      “Greatest” here means not who most influenced the economics
profession or ideology, but rather who most added to our
understanding of economic phenomena.  Vote for your top five. The
economist who is your first choice will be credited with five votes,
your second choice with four, your third with three, your fourth
with two and your fifth with one.  You may vote for fewer than five
if you wish.  Only subscribers to the post-autistic economics review
are eligible to vote. The votes of subscribers who submit more than
one set of votes will not be counted.



      1,249 subscribers voted.  The results are as follows.





      1. John Maynard Keynes   3,253

      2. Joseph Alois Schumpeter   1,080

      3. John Kenneth Galbraith   904

      4. Amartya Sen   708

      5. Joan Robinson   607

      6. Thorstein Veblen   591

      7. Michal Kalecki   481

      8. Friedrich Hayek   469

      9. Karl Polanyi   456

      10. Piero Sraffa   383



      11. Joseph Stiglitz   333

      12. Kenneth Arrow   320

      13. Milton Friedman   319

      13. Paul Samuelson   319

      15. Paul Sweezy   268

      16. Herman Daly   267

      17. Herbert Simon   250

      18. Ronald Coase   246

      19. Gunnar Myrdal   216

      20. Alfred Marshall   211

      21. Albert Hirschmann   208

      22. Nicholoas Georgescu-Roegen   205

      23. Kenneth Boulding   174

      24. Wassily Leontief   153

      25. Nicholas Kaldor   141

      26. Douglas North   138

      27. Raul Prebisch   102

      28. John Hicks   97

      29. Ernest Mandel   87

      30. Ludwig von Mises   78



      31. John R.Commons   76

      32. Richard R.Nelson   72

      33. George Akerlof   71

      34. E. F. Schumacher   67

      35. Paul Krugman   64

      36. Daniel Kahneman   60

      37. Gary Becker   58

      38. Robert Heilbroner   57

      39. Hyman Minsky   54

      40. Thomas Schelling   53

      41. Arthur Lewis   52

      42. John Nash   51

      43. Samir Amin   49

      43. James Buchanan   49

      45. Celso Furtado   48

      45. John von Neuman   48

      47. Irving Fisher   43

      48. Jan Tinbergen   42

      49. Maurice Dobb   41

      49. Simon Kuznets   41



      51. Robert Solow   40

      52. Michel Aglietta   38

      52. Nancy Folbre   38

      54. Silvio Gesell   37

      54. Rosa Luxemburg   37

      56. Vernon Smith   35

      57. Mason Gaffney   34

      58. Robert Lucas   32

      58. Oliver Williamson   32

      60. Paul Baran   31

      61. François Perroux   28

      62. George Shackle   27

      62. Rudolf Steiner   27

      62. James Tobin   27

      62. Vladimir Lenin   27

      66. Luigi Passinetti   26

      67. Brian Arthur   24

      67. Deirdre McCloskey   24

      67. Tony Lawson   24

      70. Clarence Ayres   23

      70. Knut Wicksell    23

      72. Mancur Olson   22

      72. Maurice Allais   22

      72. Ha-Joon Chang   22

      72. Christopher Freeman   22

      72. Max Weber   22

      78. Hernando de Soto   21

      78. Samuel Bowles   20

      78. George Stigler   20

      78. Anwar Shaikh   20

      78. Amos Tversky   20

      82. Geoffrey Hodgson   19

      82. Frank Knight   19

      82. Vilfredo Pareto   19

      82. Lance Taylor   19

      86. Andre Gunder Frank   18

      86. Immanuel Wallerstein   18

      88. Louis O. Kelso   17

      88. Janos Kornai   17

      90. Robert Boyer   16

      90. Paul Davidson   16

      90. William Kapp   16

      90. Abba Lerner   16

      94. William Baumol   15

      94. Diane Elson   15

      94. Pierangelo Garegnani   15

      94. Roy Harrod   15

      94. Franco Modigliani   15

      94. Richard Thaler   15

      94. William Vickrey   15





      For people receiving less than 15 votes go to
http://www.paecon.net/PAEReview/issue36/furtherresults.htm



      Editor’s Note

      The exact geographical distribution of the voters in this poll is
unknowable.  However it is reasonable to assume that it resembles
the distribution of visitors to www.paecon.net during the voting
period.  The site statistics for the month of January 2006, showing
the distribution of visitors between the top 30 of a total of 127
countries, are available at

      http://www.paecon.net/PAEReview/issue36/VisitorStatistics36.htm



      Thanks to all of you who voted.  EF


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