Deceased
from Belmont, MA
…a static equilibrium. An equilibrium can only exist in an expanding economy. Paul Samuelson edited an anniversary volume dedicated to this short German paper in 1972 and stated in the introduction that von Neumann was the only mathematician ever to make a significant contribution to economic...
… in 1966 that a tax increase was needed to finance the escalation of the war in Vietnam and the increased social welfare spending that Johnson was undertaking. Johnson did not ask for a tax increase, and economists, including Paul Samuelson, believed this was the cause of the inflation of th...
15 May 1915 • Gary, IN
Died:13 December 2009 • Belmont, MA
Economist • 20th-century economist • Mathematician • Author • President • Thermodynamicist • Consultant
Company:Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty • Indian Institute of Management Calcutta • MIT Sloan School of Management
Scholarship • Harvard University • University of Chicago
Academic degree:Member of the United States National Academy of Sciences • Professor
Area of science:Calculus • Thermodynamics • Pharmacy • Marxism • Welfare economics • Doctrine
20th-century writer • 21st-century writer • Jewish writer • Softball
Award:American Nobel laureate • National Medal of Science laureate • Prize
Ascribed status:Fellow of the Econometric Society
Preference:Socialism
Skill:Scientific • Professional
Sport:Welfare
Master status:Student