top economists, according to Google

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Mon Nov 27 09:00:44 PST 2000


Doug Henwood wrote:


> "Top 40 Economists on the Net" ( <http://www.paecon.net>www.paecon.net )
> pages returned on Google
> for name plus "economics"
>
> 1. Karl Marx 56,000
> 2. Adam Smith 32,000
> 3. John Maynard Keynes 26,400
> 4. David Ricardo 23,400
> 5. Aristotle 20,600
> 6. John Kenneth Galbraith 11,100
> 7. Vilfredo Pareto 9,980
> 8. Frederick Engels 9,950

Both Aristotle and Engels are under-rated. Aristotle after all discovered exchange value, and within social relations which tended to hide it. And Engels *Condition of the Working Class* ought to be considered "economics." Engels also deserves credit for recognizing Marx. So I would put Aristotle at #1 and Engels at #3

Ricardo also deserves immense credit for changing his mind on technology and working-class conditions.

Is Quesnay on the list later?

Carrol



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