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Bastiat, Frédéric

event 1801 - 1850

French economist, writer and prominent member of the French liberal school

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Cantillon, Richard

event 1665 - 1734

Irish-French economist and author of Essai sur la Nature du Commerce en Général, pioneer in economic theory

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Constant, Benjamin

event 1767 - 1830

Swiss-French political thinker, writer, and politician, key figure in classical liberalism and defender of individual liberty

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Deutsch, David

event Born 1953

British physicist and pioneer in quantum computation, known for his work on the theory of knowledge and optimism

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Friedman, Milton

event 1912 - 2006

American economist and statistician, Nobel laureate in Economics (1976), leading advocate of free-market capitalism and monetarism

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Hayek, Friedrich

event 1899 - 1992

Austrian-British economist and philosopher, Nobel laureate in Economics (1974), key figure in Austrian School of economics

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Hazlitt, Henry

event 1894 - 1993

American journalist, economist and author, famous for Economics in One Lesson, advocate of the Austrian School

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Hoppe, Hans-Hermann

event Born 1949

German-American economist and political theorist, student of Murray Rothbard, known for his work on private property and anarcho-capitalism

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Hülsmann, Jörg Guido

event Born 1966

German economist and Professor at the University of Angers, specialist in Austrian economics and monetary theory

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Kahneman, Daniel

event 1934 - 2024

Israeli-American psychologist and economist, Nobel laureate in Economics (2002), pioneer in behavioral economics and cognitive biases

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Keynes, John Maynard

event 1883 - 1946

British economist whose ideas fundamentally changed macroeconomics, known for advocating government intervention during economic downturns

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Kirk, Charlie

event Born 1993

American conservative activist, founder of Turning Point USA, advocate for free markets and limited government

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Laffer, Arthur

event Born 1940

American economist, creator of the Laffer Curve, influential in supply-side economics and tax policy

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Locke, John

event 1632 - 1704

English philosopher and physician, key figure of the Enlightenment, foundational thinker on natural rights and government by consent

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Menger, Carl

event 1840 - 1921

Austrian economist and founder of the Austrian School of Economics, pioneer of marginal utility theory and subjective value theory

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von Mises, Ludwig

event 1881 - 1973

Austrian-American economist, founder of the Austrian School of economics, known for his work on economic calculation and praxeology

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Montesquieu, Charles-Louis

event 1689 - 1755

French political philosopher, famous for his theory of separation of powers, major influence on constitutional thought

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Nakamoto, Satoshi

event Born 1970s?

Pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin, the first decentralized cryptocurrency. Published the Bitcoin whitepaper in 2008 and mined the genesis block in 20...

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Nozick, Robert

event 1938 - 2002

American philosopher, author of Anarchy, State, and Utopia, key defender of libertarian political philosophy and the minimal state

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Oresme, Nicole

event 1320 - 1382

French philosopher and economist, bishop of Lisieux, early critic of currency debasement and pioneer in economic thought

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Popper, Karl

event 1902 - 1992

Austrian-British philosopher of science, known for his work on falsificationism and his critique of totalitarianism in The Open Society

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Rand, Ayn

event 1905 - 1982

Russian-American writer and philosopher, founder of Objectivism, defender of rational egoism and laissez-faire capitalism

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Read, Leonard

event 1898 - 1983

American libertarian philosopher and author, founder of the Foundation for Economic Education, famous for his essay 'I, Pencil'

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Rockwell, Norman

event 1894 - 1978

American painter and illustrator, famous for depicting American life and values, created the Four Freedoms series

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Rothbard, Murray

event 1926 - 1995

American economist and political theorist, leading figure in the Austrian School and anarcho-capitalism, founder of modern libertarianism

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Smith, Adam

event 1723 - 1790

Scottish economist and philosopher, father of modern economics, author of The Wealth of Nations and The Theory of Moral Sentiments

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Sowell, Thomas

event Born 1930

American economist, social theorist and senior fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution, known for his work in economic theory and social policy

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