Vilfredo Pareto

Tags: Economist.

Vilfredo Federico Damaso Pareto (born Wilfried Fritz Pareto; Italian: [vilˈfreːdo paˈreːto]; 15 July 1848 – 19 August 1923) was an Italian engineer sociologist economist political scientist and philosopher. He made several important contributions to economics particularly in the study of income distribution and in the analysis of individuals’ choices.

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birth date

1848-07-15

death date

1923-08-19

death place

Céligny

field

Microeconomics, Socioeconomics

influenced

Maurice Allais, Alain de Benoist, Alfred Marshall, Oskar R. Lange, Chester Barnard, Norberto Bobbio, Luigi Amoroso, Henry Ludwell Moore, Gaetano Mosca

influenced by

Niccolò Machiavelli, Herbert Spencer, Maffeo Pantaleoni, Auguste Comte

nationality

Italy