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Philip M. Parker

フィリップ・エム・パーカー

Philip M. Parker

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1960-06-20 （United States）
Nationality
United States
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
economist, professor, entrepreneur, publisher, author
Active Years
1988-
Affiliations
INSEAD (Fontainebleau, France), University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Icon Group International, Inc., Icon Health Publications, Xavier AI

Education

Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Business Economics (Ph.D. program)
Degree: Ph.D.
Country: United States
Ph.D. in Business Economics
Aix-Marseille University
Finance and Banking (Master's)
Degree: Master's
Country: France
Master's degree in finance and banking
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Finance and Economics (undergraduate)
Degree: Bachelor's
Country: United States
Undergraduate degrees in finance and economics

Awards

Bookseller/Diagram Prize for Oddest Title of the Year
2008
Work: The 2009-2014 World Outlook for 60-milligram Containers of Fromage Frais
Organization: The Bookseller / Diagram Prize
Result: Winner
United States Patent 7,266,767
2007
Work: Patent for a method to automatically produce books from templates and data
Organization: United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Result: Granted

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Climatic Effects on Individual, Social, and Economic Behavior

1995 Economics / Social science

A study analyzing how climate affects individual, social, and economic behavior, discussing links between economic actions and environmental factors.

climate and economicsbehavioral economicsenvironmental factors

Cross-Cultural Statistical Encyclopedia of the World

1997 Encyclopedia / Statistical reference

A four-volume encyclopedia recasting national economic statistics by linguistic, religious, and ethnic groups.

comparative statisticscultural analysisdata presentation

Physioeconomics: The Basis for Long-Run Economic Growth

2000 Economics / Theory

Argues for incorporating physical laws into economic models and discusses how climate and physiology affect long-run economic development.

economic growthphysiology and economicsconvergence and divergence

Bibliography

  • Climatic Effects on Individual, Social, and Economic Behavior (1995)
  • Cross-Cultural Statistical Encyclopedia of the World (1997)
  • Physioeconomics: The Basis for Long-Run Economic Growth (2000)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
expository academic styledata-driven, uses tables and charts
Recurring Motifs
climate-economy linkageautomated data collection and generationmultilingual dictionary projects

Health

  • Dyslexia
    Has been described as dyslexic from early life; this reportedly fostered an interest in dictionaries and language data.

Legacy

Philip M. Parker is known as an economist and entrepreneur who pioneered automated book generation and large online dictionary projects; he is noted for both academic works and vast numbers of auto-generated publications, and for AI-related initiatives such as patents and Botipedia.

Archives

  • INSEAD faculty page (profile)

In Popular Culture

  • The 2009-2014 World Outlook for 60-milligram Containers of Fromage Frais won the 2008 Diagram Prize for Oddest Title

Trivia

  • Has a book that won the Diagram Prize for Oddest Title in 2008.
  • Launched Webster's Online Dictionary: The Rosetta Edition in 1999.
  • Reportedly published hundreds of thousands of auto-generated books (as covered in news articles).