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Paul Anthony Samuelson (May 15, 1915 – December 13, 2009) was an American economist who was the first American to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
May 10, 2024 · Paul Samuelson (born May 15, 1915, Gary, Indiana, U.S.—died December 13, 2009, Belmont, Massachusetts) was an American economist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1970 for his fundamental contributions to nearly all branches of economic theory.
He was Economic Advisor to Senator, candidate, and President-elect Kennedy and was the author of the January 5, 1961 “Samuelson Report on the State of the American Economy to President-elect Kennedy.”
Dec 13, 2009 · Where Ragnar Frisch and Jan Tinbergen had earlier focused on statistics and empirical data, Paul Samuelson devoted his time to theoretical methods and analysis of economics. He formalized economics research using mathematics and his work influences practically all branches of modern economics.
Paul Samuelson, AB'35, found his calling in economics at the University of Chicago during the height of the Great Depression and went on to transform the field with new techniques of rigorous analysis.
Dec 14, 2009 · Paul A. Samuelson, the first American Nobel laureate in economics and the foremost academic economist of the 20th century, died Sunday at his home in Belmont, Mass. He was 94.
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Sep 14, 2023 · Paul Samuelson was one of the most influential economists of the 20th century and was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1970. Samuelson was the author of a major body of theoretical economics in many...
