Leontief
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Even when they did empirical analysis, Leontief said economists seldom took any interest in the meaning or value of their data.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 11, 2017
Leontief thought that economics departments were increasingly hiring and promoting young economists who wanted to build pure models with little empirical relevance.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 11, 2017
—Wassily W. Leontief and Marvin Hoffenberg” Leontief was awarded the economics prize from the Nobel Foundation in 1973.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 25, 2011
Galbraith's fans, like Nobel Laureate Wassily Leontief, say that "as economic theory has gotten narrower he has provided a bridge to the real world."
From Time Magazine Archive
A group of mostly liberal thinkers, including Economist Wassily Leontief, Investment Banker Robert V. Roosa and United Auto Workers' President Leonard Woodcock, have called for the establishment of a U.S. office of national economic planning.
From Time Magazine Archive
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