The Resume

(May 15, 1915-December 13, 2009)
Born in Gary, Indiana
Professor of Economics at MIT
Wrote 'Foundations of Economic Analysis' (1947) and the textbook 'Economics: An Introductory Analysis' (1948)
Columnist for Newsweek (1966-81)
Considered a founder of mathematical economics and the 'neoclassical synthesis' between classical economics and Keynesian economics
Recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics (1970)

Why he might be annoying:

As a student, he criticized his professors, 'respecting neither age nor rank.'
He said of his occasional forays as a presidential adviser, 'Often when I became a consultant to a federal agency, that precipitated its demise.'
During the Cold War he wrote, 'It is a vulgar mistake to think that most people in Eastern Europe are miserable.'
Two years before the collapse of the USSR, he wrote 'The Soviet economy is proof that, contrary to what many skeptics had earlier believed, a socialist command economy can function and thrive.'
After taking medication that temporarily dulled his thinking, he noted 'Suddenly I realized how the other half lives!'

Why he might not be annoying:

He published an average of a paper a month for fifty years.
Ben Bernanke called him 'one of the greatest teachers economics has ever known.'
Economist James Poterba said the impact of his theories was 'like trying to envision how did people do mechanics before Newton.'
He quipped, 'It is indeed true that the stock market can forecast the business cycle. The stock market has called nine of the last five recessions.'

Credit: C. Fishel

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• Guggenheim Fellowship Grant Recipients
• I am a Hoosier [Indiana]
• I Attended Harvard
• I Attended University of Chicago
• I Died in 2009 (Ranked: 94)
• I Earned a Doctorate
• Look at Me, I'm Reading
• Look at Me, I'm Wearing a Bow Tie
• Nixon's Enemies List
• Nobel Prize for Economics (Ranked: 1970)
• Parents of Twins
• Profiles 27501-27750 (Ranked: 27680)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 81.25% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 56 Votes: 69.64% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 35 Votes: 65.71% Annoying