Paul Samuelson

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The first American to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics, which he received in 1970 for raising “the level of scientific analysis in economic theory.” Samuelson’s areas of research included modern welfare economics, linear programming, Keynesian economics, economic dynamics, international trade theory, logic choice and maximization. He also authored a best-selling college economics textbook, "Economics: An Introductory Analysis", which teaches Keynesian principles.
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Investopedia explains 'Paul Samuelson'

Samuelson was born in 1915 in Indiana, earned a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard and began teaching at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at age 25, where he spent his entire career and influenced a number of other Nobel laureates. He also served in various advisory roles to the U.S. government. Samuelson died in 2009.
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    ... The late economist and Nobel Laureate Paul Samuelson said this in 1967 about mutual
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  • Nobel Winners Are Economic Prizes

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    ... Paul Samuelson won the second prize ever awarded in 1970; he was recognized for
    his game-changing contributions that married economics with mathematics. ...

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    ... If you want excitement, take $800 and go to Las Vegas." - Paul Samuelson
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  • Market Timing Fails As A Money Maker

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    ... In 1994, Nobel Memorial Prize winner Paul Samuelson commented in the Journal of
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    ... titles. Paul Samuelson and William Nordhaus's Economics, which has been in
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  • Companies Not Seeing A Recession

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    ... The Bottom Line Economist Paul Samuelson is credited with the saying that "the stock
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  • Companies Not Seeing A Recession

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    ... The Bottom Line Economist Paul Samuelson is credited with the saying that "the stock
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  • Leading Economic Indicators Predict Market Trends

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    ... However, it has predicted a number of recessions that did not occur, having once
    prompted American economist Paul Samuelson to suggest that "economists have ...

  • Companies Not Seeing A Recession

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    ... The Bottom Line Economist Paul Samuelson is credited with the saying that "the stock
    market has predicted nine out of the last five recessions." Investors ...

  • 4 Ways To Predict Market Performance

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    ... In 1965, Paul Samuelson studied market returns and found that past pricing trends
    had no effect on future prices and reasoned that in an efficient market ...

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