Philosophers of economics

German-born philosopher (1818-1883)

Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)

Scottish moral philosopher and political economist (1723–1790)

Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)

German philosopher, sociologist and economist (1820–1895)

Avram Noam Chomsky is an American intellectual, philosopher, linguist, political activist, and social critic. Sometimes called "the father of modern linguistics", Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. He is a laureate professor of linguistics at the University of Arizona and an institute professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Among the most cited living authors, Chomsky has written more than 150 books on topics such as linguistics, war, and politics. In addition to his work in linguistics, since the 1960s, Chomsky has been an influential voice on the American Left as a consistent critic of the foreign policy of the United States, contemporary capitalism, and corporatocracy.

German sociologist, philosopher, and political economist (1864–1920)

Arab historiographer and historian

British philosopher and political economist (1806–1873)

Russian revolutionary anarchist and philosopher (1814–1876)

French philosopher, mathematician and sociologist (1798–1857)

Austrian-British philosopher of science and social and política e falsificationism and for criticism of Plato, Hegel and Marx as totalitarian opponents of open society (1902-1994)

Anglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher (1729–1797)

English philosopher and political theorist (1820–1903)

American poet and critic (1885–1972)

French politician, philosopher, anarchist and socialist (1809-1865)

French philosopher (1925–1995)

Russian author, philosopher, and revolutionary (1812–1870)

German-born French philosopher (1723–1789)

American political scientist, political economist, and author

French utopian socialist and philosopher (1772–1837)

Canadian author and activist (born 1970)

German philosopher and sociologist (1895–1973)

American political philosopher (1938–2002)

American economist and sociologist (1857–1929)

French academic

French philosopher and sociologist

French sociologist and anthropologist (1872-1950)

Scottish philosopher (1694–1746)

Song Dynasty chancellor and poet (1021-1086)

Hungarian economist, philosopher and historian

Scottish-American philosopher (1929–2025)

Scottish philosopher and historian; (1723-1816)

Greek-French philosopher (1922–1997)

Hungarian-British polymath (1891–1976)

American sociologist (1919–2011)

French philosopher

German philosopher (1632–1694)

British economist (1911–1977)

American economist, physicist, legal scholar, and libertarian theorist

American philosopher

Thiruvalluvar, commonly known as Valluvar, was an Indian poet and philosopher. He is best known as the author of the Tirukkuṟaḷ, a collection of couplets on ethics, political and economic matters, and love. The text is considered an exceptional and widely cherished work of Tamil literature.

American political economist (1946–)

German philosopher

German philosopher (1921–2023)

German philosopher (1905-1975)

American philosopher (1876–1957)

Spanish essayist and university professor

French philosopher, writer and sociologist

Marxist philosopher, social critic and journalist (1943–2012)

Greek political philosopher, economist and writer

German economist (1854-1926)

American historian, Thomas E. Donnelley Professor of Modern History and the College, University of Chicago (1942–2018)

American philosopher and social choice theorist

Italian economist and academic

British economist

American libertarian philosopher and intellectual historian

British philosopher