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Paul Samuelson

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Paul Samuelson (1915-2009) was an American economist at MIT, the first American to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, awarded in 1970. He was the architect of the neoclassical synthesis combining Keynesian macroeconomics with neoclassical microeconomics, and author of the widely used textbook Economics. He made foundational contributions to revealed preference theory, the overlapping generations model, and international trade theory. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Birth Date
1915-05-15 1
Death Date
2009-12-13 1
Nationality
American 1
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Paul Samuelson
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Neoclassical Synthesis, Schools of Thought
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Concepts Originated

Public Good, Concepts

Samuelson's The Pure Theory of Public Expenditure (1954) gave the modern formal definition of a public good.

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Influenced By

Joseph Schumpeter, Economists
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Wassily Leontief, Economists
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    Paul Anthony Samuelson was an American economist who was the first American to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
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    May 15, 1915
  • Infobox, Died field
    December 13, 2009
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  • Influenced By: Wassily Leontief, Paul Samuelson, infobox Doctoral advisor field and Graduate studies section
    As a graduate student at Harvard, Samuelson studied economics under Joseph Schumpeter, Wassily Leontief, Gottfried Haberler, and the "American Keynes" Alvin Hansen.
  • Influenced By: Joseph Schumpeter, Paul Samuelson, infobox Doctoral advisor field and Graduate studies section
    As a graduate student at Harvard, Samuelson studied economics under Joseph Schumpeter, Wassily Leontief, Gottfried Haberler, and the "American Keynes" Alvin Hansen.
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