Founder of Modern Economics: Paul A. Samuelson: Volume 1: Becoming Samuelson, 1915-1948

by Roger E. Backhouse

Book Overview

Paul Samuelson was at the heart of a revolution in economics. He was "the foremost academic economist of the 20th century," according to the New York Times, and the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Economics. His work transformed the field of economics and helped give it the theoretical and mathematic rigor that increased its influence in business and policy making.

In Founder of Modern Economics, Roger E. Backhouse explores the central...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190664096
• ISBN13: 9780190664091
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 760 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"