He was a familiar byline in Newsweek and The Washington Post for decades, explaining the intricacies of economic policy in ...
Founder of Modern Economics: Paul A. Samuelson, Volume 1—Becoming Samuelson, 1915-1948. By Roger Backhouse. Oxford University Press; 760 pages; $34.95 and £22.99. IN 1940, Paul Samuelson needed an ...
For more than 40 years, he helped readers make sense of economics and society. His plainspoken columns were informed by his ...