Nobel winner in economics dies at age 94
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PAUL Samuelson, whose work helped form the basis of modern economics, died yesterday in his home in Belmont, Massachusetts, after a brief illness. He was 94.
His death was announced by Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Samuelson was renowned for his work in applying rigorous mathematical analysis to the balance between prices and supply and demand.
Samuelson was the first American to be awarded a Nobel prize in economics - in 1970, the second year of the award.
"Paul Samuelson transformed everything he touched: the theoretical foundations of his field, the way economics was taught around the world, the ethos and stature of his department, the investment practices of MIT, and the lives of his colleagues and students," MIT President Susan Hockfield said in a statement.
At the time, the Swedish Academy cited Samuelson for having "done more than any other contemporary economist to raise the level of scientific analysis in economic theory."
Samuelson insisted that mathematics was essential to economic analysis.
In his seminal 1947 work, Foundations of Economic Analysis, Samuelson chastised his profession for practicing "mental gymnastics of a particularly depraved type," and being "highly trained athletes who never ran a race."
Samuelson helped lift MIT's economics department to its current stature as a world-renowned research and teaching institution.
When Samuelson joined MIT's faculty in 1940, the school did not train graduate students in economics.
Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Ben Bernanke is among MIT's alumni.
His death was announced by Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Samuelson was renowned for his work in applying rigorous mathematical analysis to the balance between prices and supply and demand.
Samuelson was the first American to be awarded a Nobel prize in economics - in 1970, the second year of the award.
"Paul Samuelson transformed everything he touched: the theoretical foundations of his field, the way economics was taught around the world, the ethos and stature of his department, the investment practices of MIT, and the lives of his colleagues and students," MIT President Susan Hockfield said in a statement.
At the time, the Swedish Academy cited Samuelson for having "done more than any other contemporary economist to raise the level of scientific analysis in economic theory."
Samuelson insisted that mathematics was essential to economic analysis.
In his seminal 1947 work, Foundations of Economic Analysis, Samuelson chastised his profession for practicing "mental gymnastics of a particularly depraved type," and being "highly trained athletes who never ran a race."
Samuelson helped lift MIT's economics department to its current stature as a world-renowned research and teaching institution.
When Samuelson joined MIT's faculty in 1940, the school did not train graduate students in economics.
Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Ben Bernanke is among MIT's alumni.
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