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Paul Samuelson

Master of Modern Economics

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Editors:
  1. Robert A. Cord

    1. London, UK

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  2. Richard G. Anderson

    1. Center for Economics and the Environment, Lindenwood University, St. Charles, USA

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  3. William A. Barnett

    1. Department of Economics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA

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  • Offers a fresh take on Samuelson's work and influence.
  • Features contributions from authors who knew Samuelson previously.
  • Focuses on how Samuelson's work has been developed by others.

Part of the book series: Remaking Economics: Eminent Post-War Economists (EPWE)

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. Introduction

    • Richard G. Anderson
    Pages 1-10

  3. Samuelson’s Contribution to Economics: Methodology and Mathematics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Paul Samuelson’s Ideology and Scientific Economics

      • J. Daniel Hammond
      Pages 13-38

    3. Re-examining Samuelson’s Operationalist Methodology

      • D. Wade Hands
      Pages 39-67

    4. The Young Paul Samuelson: Mathematics as a Language, the Operational Attitude, and Systems in Equilibrium

      • Juan Carvajalino
      Pages 69-91

    5. Paul Samuelson and My Intellectual Development

      • Gregory C. Chow
      Pages 93-104

    6. Some Correspondence with Paul Samuelson on Economic Theory: An Intimate Memoir

      • Donald A. Walker
      Pages 105-136

    7. Some Correspondence with Paul Samuelson on the History of Economic Thought: An Intimate Memoir

      • Donald A. Walker
      Pages 137-169

    8. The Samuelson Revolution in Australia

      • Alex Millmow
      Pages 171-189

  5. Samuelson’s Contribution to Economics: Macroeconomics, International Trade and Development

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 341-341
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    2. Paul Samuelson and Macroeconomics

      • K. Vela Vellupillai
      Pages 343-373

    3. Keynesian Uncertainty: The Great Divide Between Joan Robinson and Paul Samuelson in Their Correspondence and Public Exchanges

      • Harvey Gram, with the collaboration of G. C. Harcourt
      Pages 375-419
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About this book

A significant part of economics as we know it today is the outcome of battles that took place in the post-war years between Keynesians and monetarists. In the US, the focus of these battles was often between the neo-Keynesians at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Chicago monetarists. The undisputed leader of the MIT Keynesians was Paul A. Samuelson, one of the most influential economists of the 20th century and arguably of all time. Samuelson’s output covered a vast number of subjects within economics, the quality of these
often pioneering contributions unmatched in the modern era.


The volume focuses both on how Samuelson’s work has been developed by others and on how that work fits into subsequent developments in the various fields of speciality within which Samuelson operated.

Editors and Affiliations

  • London, UK

    Robert A. Cord

  • Center for Economics and the Environment, Lindenwood University, St. Charles, USA

    Richard G. Anderson

  • Department of Economics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA

    William A. Barnett

About the editors

Robert A. Cord holds a PhD from Cambridge University, UK. His areas of interest include the history of economic thought and, within this, the history of macroeconomics. His publications include Reinterpreting the Keynesian Revolution (2012), (as co-editor) Milton Friedman: Contributions to Economics and Public Policy (2016), The Palgrave Companion to Cambridge Economics and The Palgrave Companion to LSE Economics.



Richard G. Anderson joined the Centre for Economics and the Environment at Lindenwood University as a research fellow in the Summer of 2013 and also teaches economics courses in the School of Business and Entrepreneurship. Prior to joining Lindenwood, he was a vice president and economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.



​William A. Barnett is Director of the Advances in Monetary and Financial Measurement Program at the Center for Financial Stability.The program provides national and international databases of monetary and financial data that are rigorously founded in economic aggregation and index-number theory. Data includes monthly releases and relevant analysis of US money supply.

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