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
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.