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Who are the world's top intellectuals?
Cast your five votes here, plus you can see how old each candidate is and how many of these names you have read or heard of. Several economists, such as Krugman, Becker, Sen, Summers, and Bhagwati, are included in the polling; Hernando de Soto and Richard Posner make the list as well. For other nominees, how about Derek Parfit and Milton Friedman? Philip Roth? The politically incorrect Michel Houllebecq? Bruno Latour? Marvin Minsky or Hans Moravec? I am glad to see Pramoedya Toer on the list. How about the Google people? An early blogger?
Posted by Tyler Cowen on September 21, 2005 at 01:47 PM in Data Source | Permalink
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