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Samuelson was essential to creating the Neoclassical economics, as a neo-Keynesian economist founder.
'''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 the best-selling economics textbook in history.
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 spent most of his professional life at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a professor.
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''“The work he did, with no hyperbole, revolutionized numerous fields, including public finance, international trade, and macroeconomics”'', Alan Blinder.
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== External links ==
*[http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aOpQZ0O9kjqE Paul Samuelson, Nobel-Winning Economist, Dies at 94.]
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