William Vickrey

William Spencer Vickrey was a Canadian-American economist. He was a lifelong faculty member at Columbia University. A theorist who worked on public economics and mechanism design, Vickrey primarily discussed public policy problems.

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Who was born first?

• William Vickrey and Norman Borlaug were born the same year
• William Vickrey was born 1 year before Paul Samuelson
• William Vickrey was born 1 year after Menachem Begin
• William Vickrey was born 1 year after Richard Stone
• William Vickrey was born 1 year after Willy Brandt

Timeline

1. Menachem BeginAugust 16, 1913 – March 9, 1992
2. Richard StoneAugust 30, 1913 – December 6, 1991
3. Willy BrandtDecember 18, 1913 – October 8, 1992
4. Norman BorlaugMarch 25, 1914 – September 12, 2009
5. William Vickrey (this page)June 21, 1914 – October 11, 1996
6. Paul SamuelsonMay 15, 1915 – December 13, 2009

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