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1、Hi.baidu.com/LoongmenPaulSamuelson保罗.萨缪尔森Dec17th2009FromTheEconomistprinteditionThelastofthegreatgeneraleconomistsdiedonDecember13th,aged9412月13日,最后一位经济学通才去世,享年94岁“IWASreborn,bornasaneconomist,at8.00amonJanuary2nd1932,intheUniversityofChicagoclassroom,”wrotePaulSamuelsoni
2、namemoirpublishedearlierthismonth.Hebecameprobablythemostinfluentialeconomistofthesecondhalfofthe20thcentury.ForhisworkinseveralbranchesofthedismalsciencehebecamethefirstAmericaneconomicsNobellaureate.Throughhisbestsellingtextbook,heintroducedmillionsofpeopletothesubject.
3、Andrighttotheendhekeptonmentoringtheprofession’sbrighteststars.“1932年1月2日,在芝加哥大学的讲堂中,我得到了第二次生命——作为经济学家重生了。”本月早些时候出版的保罗.萨缪尔森回忆录中,他如是写道。他或许是20世纪下半叶最具影响的经济学家。沉闷如经济学,他在该领域数分支都有著作于世,并因此成为第一位荣膺诺贝尔奖的美国经济学家。在自己的畅销课本中,他向千百万人介绍了这门学科。直至生命垂暮,萨缪尔森仍在谆谆教诲着经济领域中最闪亮的学者。Hisactualbirthtookp
4、lacealmost17yearsearlierinthesteeltownofGary,Indiana,toafamilyofupwardlymobilePolishimmigrants.Hisearliestmemories—oftherecessionof1919-21andstrikebreakingimmigrantworkersfromMexico,andoftheboomandbustthatfollowed—shapedMrSamuelson’smacroeconomicviewsthroughouthislife.Hea
5、pprovedofmassivegovernmentspendingtohelpaneconomyescapefromrecessionwhenmonetarypolicycandonomore.WhenHi.baidu.com/LoongmentheObamaadministrationintroducedjustthatsortofstimulusthisyear,partlyontheadviceofMrSamuelson’snephew,LarrySummers,whoisMrObama’schiefeconomicadviser
6、,hewasquicktoapprove.其实,萨缪尔森在此17年前生于印第安纳州“钢都”加里市的一个波兰移民家庭中,当时正值家族兴旺。他儿时经历1919-21年经济衰退和墨西哥民工罢工,以及随后的繁荣萧条更迭,而这些早期的记忆对他的宏观经济理论产生了毕生影响。他同意如货币政策力不能及,政府应大幅出资避免经济萧条。今年奥巴马政府引入上述经济刺激,其首席经济顾问,萨缪尔森的侄子拉里.萨默斯谏言有功,而萨缪尔森毫不含糊,双手赞成。ThoughregardedasAmerica’sleadingstandard-bearerforKeynesi
7、aneconomics,hecalledhimselfa“cafeteriaKeynesian”,justpickingthebitsheliked.HiscombinationofKeynesianandclassicaleconomicideasbecameknownasthe“neoclassicalsynthesis”.FromhischairattheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyandinhiscolumninNewsweek,theself-described“dullcentrist”
8、becameafiercecriticofthelibertarianChicagoSchool,andespeciallyofMiltonFriedman(writerofarivalNew