Arthur Cecil Pigou
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Arthur Cecil Pigou was a British economist known for his foundational work in welfare economics and the theory of externalities, which strongly shaped modern public economics.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Arthur Cecil Pigou canonical | 13 |
| A. C. Pigou | 4 |
| Pigou | 1 |
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Target entity: Arthur Cecil Pigou Context triple: [John Maynard Keynes, influencedBy, Arthur Cecil Pigou]
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Alfred Marshall
Alfred Marshall was a pioneering British economist whose work helped found neoclassical economics and shaped generations of economic thought, including that of John Maynard Keynes.
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David Ricardo
David Ricardo was a prominent 19th-century British political economist known for his theories of comparative advantage, rent, and distribution in classical economics.
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John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes was a British economist whose revolutionary ideas about government intervention in the economy profoundly shaped modern macroeconomics and policies adopted during and after the Great Depression.
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Partha Dasgupta
Partha Dasgupta is a prominent Indian-British economist renowned for his pioneering work in environmental and ecological economics, particularly on the economics of biodiversity and sustainable development.
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E.
William Graham Sumner
William Graham Sumner was an influential American sociologist and classical liberal thinker known for his defense of laissez-faire economics and his association with Social Darwinist ideas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Arthur Cecil Pigou Target entity description: Arthur Cecil Pigou was a British economist known for his foundational work in welfare economics and the theory of externalities, which strongly shaped modern public economics.
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A.
Alfred Marshall
Alfred Marshall was a pioneering British economist whose work helped found neoclassical economics and shaped generations of economic thought, including that of John Maynard Keynes.
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B.
David Ricardo
David Ricardo was a prominent 19th-century British political economist known for his theories of comparative advantage, rent, and distribution in classical economics.
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C.
John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes was a British economist whose revolutionary ideas about government intervention in the economy profoundly shaped modern macroeconomics and policies adopted during and after the Great Depression.
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D.
Partha Dasgupta
Partha Dasgupta is a prominent Indian-British economist renowned for his pioneering work in environmental and ecological economics, particularly on the economics of biodiversity and sustainable development.
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E.
William Graham Sumner
William Graham Sumner was an influential American sociologist and classical liberal thinker known for his defense of laissez-faire economics and his association with Social Darwinist ideas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
academic
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economist ⓘ human ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline | economics ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harrow School
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King’s College, Cambridge ⓘ
surface form:
King's College, Cambridge
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| employer |
King’s College, Cambridge
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surface form:
King's College, Cambridge
Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| familyName |
Arthur Cecil Pigou
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Pigou
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| fieldOfWork |
economic theory
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economics ⓘ microeconomics ⓘ public economics ⓘ welfare economics ⓘ |
| fullName | Arthur Cecil Pigou self-link ⓘ |
| genre | economic literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Arthur ⓘ |
| hasAcademicAdvisor | Alfred Marshall ⓘ |
| influenced |
John Maynard Keynes
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modern welfare economics ⓘ public economics ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Alfred Marshall
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Henry Sidgwick ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Pigouvian taxes
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analysis of market failures ⓘ foundational work in welfare economics ⓘ theory of externalities ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
King’s College, Cambridge
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surface form:
King's College, Cambridge
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| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
internalization of externalities through taxation
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marginal social cost and marginal private cost distinction ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Industrial Fluctuations
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Principles and Methods of Industrial Peace ⓘ The Economics of Welfare ⓘ Unemployment ⓘ Wealth and Welfare ⓘ |
| occupation |
economist
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university teacher ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Ryde, Isle of Wight ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Cambridge, England ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Political Economy at the University of Cambridge ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| theory |
Pigouvian tax theory
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welfare economics framework ⓘ |
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