Robert Heilbroner
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Robert Heilbroner was an American economist and historian of economic thought best known for his influential book "The Worldly Philosophers," which surveys the lives and ideas of major economic thinkers.
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How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Heilbroner Context triple: [New School for Social Research, hasNotableAlumni, Robert Heilbroner]
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Allan H. Meltzer
Allan H. Meltzer was an influential American economist known for his extensive work on monetary policy, central banking, and his authoritative history of the Federal Reserve.
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B.
Charles P. Kindleberger
Charles P. Kindleberger was an influential American economist and economic historian best known for his work on international finance and financial crises, particularly his analysis of the Great Depression and the theory of hegemonic stability.
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C.
Jacob Viner
Jacob Viner was a prominent 20th-century economist known for his influential work in international trade theory, public finance, and his role in shaping modern economic thought.
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D.
Ragnar Nurkse
Ragnar Nurkse was an influential Estonian economist known for his work on development economics and the theory of balanced growth in poor countries.
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E.
Simon Kuznets
Simon Kuznets was a Nobel Prize–winning economist best known for his work on economic growth, national income accounting, and the formulation of the Kuznets curve.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Heilbroner Target entity description: Robert Heilbroner was an American economist and historian of economic thought best known for his influential book "The Worldly Philosophers," which surveys the lives and ideas of major economic thinkers.
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A.
Allan H. Meltzer
Allan H. Meltzer was an influential American economist known for his extensive work on monetary policy, central banking, and his authoritative history of the Federal Reserve.
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B.
Charles P. Kindleberger
Charles P. Kindleberger was an influential American economist and economic historian best known for his work on international finance and financial crises, particularly his analysis of the Great Depression and the theory of hegemonic stability.
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C.
Jacob Viner
Jacob Viner was a prominent 20th-century economist known for his influential work in international trade theory, public finance, and his role in shaping modern economic thought.
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D.
Ragnar Nurkse
Ragnar Nurkse was an influential Estonian economist known for his work on development economics and the theory of balanced growth in poor countries.
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E.
Simon Kuznets
Simon Kuznets was a Nobel Prize–winning economist best known for his work on economic growth, national income accounting, and the formulation of the Kuznets curve.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
economist
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human ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1919-03-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2005-01-04 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Harvard University ⓘ |
| employer | The New School for Social Research NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Heilbroner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
economics
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history of economic thought ⓘ political economy ⓘ |
| genre |
economic history
ⓘ
history of ideas ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Robert ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Adam Smith
NERFINISHED
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John Maynard Keynes NERFINISHED ⓘ Karl Marx ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
capitalism
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economic philosophy ⓘ history of economic thought ⓘ |
| movement | heterodox economics ⓘ |
| name | Robert Heilbroner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableIdea | popularization of history of economic thought through biographical narrative ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Worldly Philosophers
NERFINISHED
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The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
economist
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university teacher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
New York
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York
NERFINISHED
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New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ |
| positionHeld | professor of economics ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| wrote |
21st Century Capitalism
NERFINISHED
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An Inquiry into the Human Prospect NERFINISHED ⓘ Business Civilization in Decline NERFINISHED ⓘ The Crisis of Vision in Modern Economic Thought NERFINISHED ⓘ The Future as History NERFINISHED ⓘ The Limits of American Capitalism NERFINISHED ⓘ The Nature and Logic of Capitalism NERFINISHED ⓘ The Worldly Philosophers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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