Economists were/are some of the most sought after breeds in the world. The reason is simple, they have the ability to predict the outcome of the any financial decision.
There are/were many famous and great economists in the world. It seems as if all matched each other in quality. But we're here at Stacker News poll, we'll find out who is the best economist of this world?
So, tell SN, Who, according to you is the best economist?
Here, My favourite are @grayruby, @Tomk and @undisciplined
Abhijit Banerjee4.8%
Adam Smith33.3%
Alberto Alesina0.0%
Carmen Reinhart0.0%
Daron Acemoglu0.0%
Hernando de Soto0.0%
James Heckman0.0%
John Maynard Keynes4.8%
Milton Friedman23.8%
Other ( Write in comment box)33.3%
21 votes \ poll ended
Ludwig von Mises Murray Rothbard Hans-H. Hoppe
I have the same answer, so I'll give an honorable mention to Kenneth Arrow.
He used more modern mathematical notation to demonstrate several extremely important results: i.e. collective decision making cannot be done fairly and the market clearing price will always be at an optimally efficient level.
He doesn't get enough credit, imo, because his indisputable conclusions are very inconvenient for the wannabe technocrats who dominate the profession and because his mathematical approach is not appreciated by the Austrians.
+1 for Ken Arrow.
yes, it's true, I studied so long ago that I've already forgotten so many details. but an interesting personality in this context indeed
I decided to become an economist after reading Arrow's Impossibility Theorem.
How this poll doesn’t list Mises is beyond me
THIS IS THE ONLY CORRECT ANSWER (dont forget Carl Menger)
The one who wrote Freaknomics
Do you mean Steven Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner?
Levitt is the economist of that pair.
Hold on. I thought you wrote that? Haha
Didn't someone ask you that on SN?
Maybe I'm taking up referring to myself in the third person, a la @TheWildHustle.
Bullish on 3rd people
We know you are Hustle.
You get a zap as well Ruby.
Gotcha
Yes, you are right. Stephen is the journalist of New York Times. But when we search the name of the author of the book, both the names come together.
Dubner also ended up hosting the Freakonomics podcast.
@Undisciplined is my favourite economist. He is the only one I get to voice my disagreement with. This feature is paramount to me.
Much appreciated. Who's to say that I wasn't one of the options in that poll?
I always knew you were Adam Smith. For fuck sakes man, couldn't you have made the wealth of nations a bit shorter?
Publishers used to pay by the word.
If only we could get the same deal from SN. One sat per word.
Von Mises Hayek
What about Adam smith?
Nothing bad to say about him. He spoke to himself and had imaginary friends, which I consider a good thing.
This man is the greatest Economist of all times.
https://m.stacker.news/45359
And this is the best book on Economics ever written.
https://m.stacker.news/45360
The greatest teacher of all times!
He is GOAT.
Undisputed!
I don't think there is any one best, they are all coming from their own views. I think aggregating their views helps us shape a bigger picture.
If this answer does not satisfy then I pick Satoshi THE GOAT Nakamoto. referencing @siggy47 post lol.
For me Milton Friedman, but I respect Adam Smith a lot too.
Agree 👍
Both are great.
Adam Smith (invisible) hands down especially like his attitude on making the rich pay more tax than the poor. His reasoning is far more sophisticated than the neoliberal libertarian nonsense that claims Smiths work somehow justifies their crude greed is good decadence.
Agree
Paul Krugman, he has a Nobel prize so that's proof
Serious answer - the Austrian school guys, Hayek etc.
Paul Krugman is a genius. 😄
Adam smith takes it from me! It depends on the time period from my view. Smtih is as classic as it gets.
I have a hard time ranking people for many reasons but one big one is if they lived in different times they likely influenced each other. They likely built on top of each other's ideas or at least in contrast.
Now I really like Mises, Rothbard, and Hoppe but wouldn't presume to say any of those are the best. They all have contributed to the knowledge we have.
Carl Menger von Mised Murray Rothbard
ABHUIT BANERJE
No doubt the father
milton friedman
Adam smith
Robert Murphy
Satoshi Nakamoto