The King is Gone, But He’s Not Forgotten
Paul Samuelson, 94 mostly-glorious years.
And if you think he wasn’t doing much recently, check out the two-part interview with Connor Clarke—The Atlantic‘s real economics expert—here and here.
Relevant and even prescient commentary on news, politics and the economy.
Sad news. My first real exposure to formal economics was with Samuelson’s textbook. We used his textbook when I took Advanced Economics in my senior year in high school. And the guy who taught it got his PhD from the Univ of Chicago, so I guess that says a lot when a freshwater economist uses a saltwater textbook.