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John Maynard Keynes, English Economist
(1883-1946)




Just the Facts:
  • Name: John Maynard Keynes
  • Birth: June 5, 1883, Cambridge, England, UK
  • Death: April 21, 1946, Tilton, Sussex, England, UK
  • Language: English
  • Who he was: English economist; The Economic Consequences of the Peace; A Treatise on Probability; A Treatise on Money; The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money
  • Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (1990)

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Max Weber, German Sociologist and Philosopher
(1864-1920)




Just the Facts:
  • Name: Karl Emil Maximilian Weber
  • Known as: Max Weber
  • Birth: April 21, 1864, Erfurt, Germany
  • Death: June 14, 1920, Munich, Germany
  • Language: German
  • Who he was: German sociologist and philosopher; The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism; The Religion of China: Confucianism and Taoism; The Religion of India: The Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism; Ancient Judaism; Economy and Society
  • Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (1990) (+10YP)

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Thorstein Veblen, Norwegian-American
Economist and Sociologist (1857-1929)




Just the Facts:
  • Name: Torsten Bunde Veblen
  • Known as: Thorstein Veblen
  • Birth: July 30, 1857, Cato, Wisconsin, USA
  • Death: August 3, 1929, Sand Hill Road, California, USA
  • Language: Norwegian, English
  • Who he was: Norwegian-American economist and sociologist; The Theory of the Leisure Class
  • Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (1990) (+10YP)

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Karl Marx, German Philosopher
(1818-1883)




Just the Facts:
  • Name: Karl Marx
  • Birth: May 5, 1818, Trier, Germany
  • Death: March 14, 1883, London, England, UK
  • Language: German
  • Who he was: German philosopher; The Communist Manifesto (with Friedrich Engels); Das Kapital
  • Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (+10YP); LRP

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Adam Smith, Scottish Philosopher
(1723-1790)




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  • Name: Adam Smith
  • Birth: June 16, 1723, Kirkcaldy, Scotland, UK
  • Death: July 17, 1790, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Language: English
  • Who he was: Scottish philosopher; The Theory of Moral Sentiments; The Wealth of Nations
  • Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (+10YP); HC

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Friedrich Engels, German Philosopher
(1820-1895)




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  • Name: Friedrich Engels
  • Birth: November 28, 1820, Wuppertal, Germany
  • Death: August 5, 1895, London, UK
  • Language: German
  • Who he was: German philosopher; The Communist Manifesto (with Karl Marx); The Condition of the Working Class in England
  • Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (+10YP); LRP

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Wang Anshi, Chinese Poet
(1021-1086)




Just the Facts:
  • Name: Wang Anshi
  • Birth: December 8, 1021, Linchuan District, China
  • Death: May 21, 1086, Nanjing, China
  • Language: Chinese
  • Who he was: Chinese poet and economist; essays "A Visit to Baochan Mountain"; "In Reply to Official Censor Sima's Letter"; one of "Eight Great Prose Masters of the Tang and Song"

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