I don't care who writes a nation's laws, or crafts its advanced treaties, if I can write its economics textbooks.
Economists
Paul Samuelson
Born 1915 in Indiana. Transformed economics into a mathematically rigorous science. His textbook Economics sold millions worldwide. First American Nobel laureate in economics (1970). Architect of neoclassical synthesis.
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