Слайд 1Paul Anthony Samuelson
(1915-2009)
Слайд 2Biography
Life works
Conclusion
Слайд 3Biography
Paul Samuelson was born on May 15, 1915, in
Gary, Indiana. He was educated at the University of Chicago
in Illinois and at Harvard University. Although he was not the best of students, Samuelson became one of the greatest economists of the twentieth century.
Слайд 4He was educated at the University of Chicago in Illinois
and at Harvard University.
Biography
Слайд 5Publications
“Foundations of Economic
Analysis” (1947)
The book proposes to:
examine underlying analogies
between central features in theoretical and applied economics
and study
how operationally meaningful theorems can be derived with a small number of analogous methods
Слайд 6Publications
“Economics” (1948)
The book has been translated into forty-one languages and
sold over four million copies; it is considered the best-selling
economics textbook in history.
Слайд 7Nobel Prize
He was given the 1970 Nobel Prize in Economics
for doing "more than any other contemporary economist to raise
the level of scientific analysis in economic theory."
Слайд 8Conclusion
Samuelson died after a brief illness on December 13, 2009,
at the age of 94.
Слайд 9Conclusion
In sum, i would like to say that Samuelson has
contributed to almost every branch of economics. He made many
contributions to mathematical economic theory, and held many positions in which his opinion was highly respected. And i think that Samuelson was one of the greatest economists of the twentieth century. That completes my presentation.