Paul Samuelson

Paul Anthony Samuelson (May 15, 1915 – December 13, 2009) was an American economist of Jewish descent. He was the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Economics.

Paul A. Samuelson
Born	(1915-05-15)May 15, 1915 Gary, Indiana, USA
Died	December 13, 2009(2009-12-13) (aged 94) Belmont, Massachusetts, USA
Nationality	United States
Institution	Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Field	Macroeconomics
School or tradition	Neo-Keynesian economics
Alma mater	Harvard University, (Ph.D.) University of Chicago, (B.A.)
Contributions	Neoclassical synthesis Mathematical economics Economic methodology Revealed preference International trade Economic growth Public goods
Awards	John Bates Clark Medal (1947) Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1970) National Medal of Science (1996)
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

The Swedish Royal Academies stated, when awarding the prize, that he "has done more than any other contemporary economist to raise the level of scientific analysis in economic theory".^[1]

Economic historian Randall E. Parker calls him the "Father of Modern Economics",^[2] and The New York Times thinks of him to be the "foremost academic economist of the 20th century".^[3]

Samuelson died after a brief illness on December 13, 2009, at the age of 94.^[4]