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[http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/profiles/samuelson.htm '''Paul Anthony Samuelson'''] (born May 15, 1915, in Gary, Indiana) is an American [[economist]] known for his work in many fields of economics. | [http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/profiles/samuelson.htm '''Paul Anthony Samuelson'''] (born May 15, 1915, in Gary, Indiana) is an American [[economist]] known for his work in many fields of economics. He was awarded the ''"David A. Wells Prize"'' in 1941 by Harvard University and the ''"John Bates Clark Medal"'' by the American Economic Association in 1947, as the living economist under forty ''"who has made the most distinguished contribution to the main body of economic thought and knowledge"''. | ||
He was the sole recipient of the [http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/1970/samuelson-bio.html ''Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel''] ( also imprecisely called "Nobel Prize in Economics" ) in 1970, the second year of the Prize, ''"for the scientific work through which he has developed static and dynamic economic theory and actively contributed to raising the level of analysis in economic science"''. | |||
His book ''Economics'' <ref name=ECONOMICS> SAMUELSON, Paul Anthony e NORDHAUS, William D.''Economics''. McGraw Hill Professional, 18ª edição, 2004, ISBN 0072872055</ref> helped teach the fundaments of Economics to the majority of students during the second half of the XX century and became one of the great Economics textbooks. | |||
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Revision as of 20:20, 19 March 2007
Paul Anthony Samuelson (born May 15, 1915, in Gary, Indiana) is an American economist known for his work in many fields of economics. He was awarded the "David A. Wells Prize" in 1941 by Harvard University and the "John Bates Clark Medal" by the American Economic Association in 1947, as the living economist under forty "who has made the most distinguished contribution to the main body of economic thought and knowledge".
He was the sole recipient of the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel ( also imprecisely called "Nobel Prize in Economics" ) in 1970, the second year of the Prize, "for the scientific work through which he has developed static and dynamic economic theory and actively contributed to raising the level of analysis in economic science".
His book Economics [1] helped teach the fundaments of Economics to the majority of students during the second half of the XX century and became one of the great Economics textbooks.
Biography
References
- ↑ SAMUELSON, Paul Anthony e NORDHAUS, William D.Economics. McGraw Hill Professional, 18ª edição, 2004, ISBN 0072872055