Leontief
Americannoun
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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
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
—Wassily W. Leontief and Marvin Hoffenberg” Leontief was awarded the economics prize from the Nobel Foundation in 1973.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 25, 2011
The input-output tables are the brainchild of Harvard Professor Wassily W. Leontief, whose work persuaded the Government to begin the preparation of such tables in the late 1940s.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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