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'''Paul Samuelson''' (Gary, Indiana, 1915 - Belmont, Massachusetts, 2009) was an American economist. He studied at the University of Chicago, and [[Harvard University]]. In 1970 he received  the [[Nobel Prize|Nobel Memorial Prize]] in Economic Sciences. Samuelson was the author of ''Foundations of Economic Analysis'' (1947), and a textbook, ''Economics'' (1948); the last one a popular and influential book for students translated into forty-one languages and considered the best-selling economics textbook in history.   
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'''Paul Samuelson''' (Gary, Indiana, 1915 - Belmont, Massachusetts, 2009) was an American economist. He studied at the University of Chicago, and [[Harvard University]] (Master degree in 1936 and a Ph.D. in 1941). In 1970 he received  the [[Nobel Prize|Nobel Memorial Prize]] in Economic Sciences. Samuelson was the author of ''Foundations of Economic Analysis'' (1947), and a textbook, ''Economics'' (1948); the last one a popular and influential book for students translated into forty-one languages and considered the best-selling economics textbook in history.   
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Samuelson was essential to creating the Neoclassical economics, as a neo-Keynesian economist founder. He used mathematical methods developed for [[thermodynamics]] to the study of economics.
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Samuelson was essential to creating the Neoclassical economics, as a neo-Keynesian economist founder. He used mathematical methods developed for [[thermodynamics]] to the study of economics. Samuelson considered himself an '''eclectic liberal'''. He is best known for his methods and innovations in economics, and not for his political ideas.
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''“There is nothing in the theory that says trade is always a win-win-win for every group” ''
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Samuelson spent most of his professional life at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a professor.  
 
Samuelson spent most of his professional life at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a professor.  

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