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Most influential economists ever — Yourlist

|RankingsMost influential economists ever

Most influential economists ever

a Yourlist ranking · the crowd decides the order

The invisible hands.

What counts: Seeded with approximate figures where shown — the crowd's votes decide the order.

John Maynard Keynes
Era: 1900s
added by IJR
90
Adam Smith
Era: 1700s
added by IJR
76
Karl Marx
Era: 1800s
added by IJR
33
Milton Friedman
Era: 1900s
added by IJR
29
David Ricardo
Era: 1800s
added by IJR
18
Friedrich Hayek
Era: 1900s
added by IJR
-15
Joseph Schumpeter
Era: 1900s
added by IJR
-23
Paul Samuelson
Era: 1900s
added by IJR
-46

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IIvy Tanaka1d
Voted — and the gap between #1 and #2 should be bigger.
TTariq Novak2d
This order is closer to right than any editor would've gotten.
KKira OkaforJul 27, 2026
The crowd is sleeping on the bottom half of this list.
HHugo Kowalski6d
Exactly the kind of argument the internet was built for.