Paul A. Samuelson: On Being an Economist (Working Biographies) - Softcover

Michael Szenberg; A Gottesman; Lall Ramrattan; Joseph E Stiglitz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 097426153X ISBN 13: 9780974261539

Publisher: Jorge Pinto Books, 2005

Synopsis

This book captures much of the spirit of Paul A. Samuelson. Those who know Samuelson, one of the great economists of the twentieth century, only through his writings may have already sensed his wit, his intellect, his brilliance. This book brings these into focus, through details of his personal history and a wealth of anecdotes from colleagues and students. -Joseph A. Stiglitz (Foreword)

About this title

From the Author:

When Jorge Pinto, the CEO of Pinto Books, approached us to write a biography of an economist, we immediately suggested Paul A. Samuelson. Pinto Books has launched a series of beautifully designed books, each profiling one leader in a number of disciplines such as physics, sociology, and medicine. The biographies focus on the discipline through the lens of one outstanding scholar.

The choice of Paul A. Samuelson was easy. He dazzles us with an overwhelming display of learning, insight, energy, aplomb, modesty, profundity, and an amazing inventiveness. He single-handedly revitalized and transformed the discipline of economics. Furthermore, he represents the best that the economics discipline has given us. Through his work, friendship, and fellowship he has touched, and changed unalterably, many lives. Paul A. Samuelson, or PAS as he refers to himself, the master of prose and humor, has a magical ability to connect with an audience, and is admired by the economic community as a whole. It is rare, indeed, to find conversation, correspondence, and scholarship so well blended in one person.

Samuelson blends child-like wonder with the extraordinary wisdom of experience, by continually challenging himself anew. For him, writing is synonymous with life, but never eclipses it. To paraphrase philosopher Martin Buber, the job is to drive the ploughshare of normative principles into the hard soil of positive economics. In this, Samuelson elegantly succeeds.

About the Author:

Michael Szenberg, Ph.D. is Distinguished Professor of Economics and Chair of the Finance and Economics Department at the Lubin School of Business, Pace University, and editor in chief of The American Economist. Szenberg is recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the International Honor Society in Economics, and of the Irving Fisher Monograph Award from the American Economic Association. His books include New Frontiers in Economics, coedited with Lall Ramrattan, with a Foreword by Paul A. Samuelson (Cambridge University Press, 2004). Aron A. Gottesman, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor in the Department of Finance and Economics at the Lubin School of Business, Pace University. Gottesman is recipient of the Proposal Release Time Award from Pace University, and of the Northern Finance Association's Best Financial Institutions Paper Award. He is coauthor of Insurance Logic, Second Edition (Captus Press, 2005). Lall Ramrattan, Ph.D. teaches Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. His books (coedited with Michael Szenberg) include Reflections of Eminent Economists, with a Foreword by Kenneth Arrow (Edward Elgar Publishers, 2004), and New Frontiers in Economics, with a Foreword by Paul A. Samuelson (Cambridge University Press, 2004).

About this edition

• Publisher: Jorge Pinto Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 097426153X
• ISBN 13: 9780974261539
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 164