# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barry-r-weingast
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:09:16.650Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barry-r-weingast"
name: "Barry R. Weingast"
slug: "barry-r-weingast"
description: "Barry Robert Weingast is an American political scientist and economist, who is currently the Ward C. Krebs Family Professor at Stanford University and a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Weingast's research concentrates on the relationship between politics and economics, particularly economic reform, regulation, and the political foundation of markets."
tagline: "American economist"
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gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1952-09-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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platforms:
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    url:       "https://profiles.stanford.edu/barry-weingast"
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    title: "バリー・ワインゲスト"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump