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Adam Smith
1723 – 1790The Wealth of Nations founded economics as a discipline.
United Kingdom·Economics · Philosophy
David Ricardo
1772 – 1823Comparative advantage and rent theory — still the core argument for trade.
United Kingdom·Economics · Political Economy
John Maynard Keynes
1883 – 1946Argued governments should spend in a slump — and every modern state now does.
United Kingdom·Economics · PoliticsFull profile
Joan Robinson
1903 – 1983Imperfect competition and a lifelong challenge to orthodox capital theory.
United Kingdom·Economics · Political Economy