HISTORY of economics -- 20th centuryENGINEERING educationStandard histories of economic thought portray Paul Samuelson's 1948 Economics textbook as the first serious attempt at teaching economics to young engineers. In reality, many other professors, both in economics and engineer...
The Political Economy of Textbook Writing: Paul Samuelson and the making of the First Ten Editions of Economics (1945-1976). Thema Working Paper n°2011-18, Universite de Cergy Pontoise, 2011.Giraud, Y. (2011). The Political Economy of Textbook Writing : Paul Samuelson and the making of ...
The Political Economy of Textbook Writing: Paul Samuelson and the Making of the First Ten Editions of Economics (1945-1976). Working Paper, available at SSRN: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1913766.GIRAUD, Yann. The Political Economy of Textbook Writing: Paul Samuelson ...
Paul Samuelson, American economist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1970 for his fundamental contributions to nearly all branches of economic theory. His introductory textbook, Economics (1948), is considered a classic. Learn more