Paul Alexander Baran | |
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 Economist Paul A. Baran as he appeared in the late 1950s | |
| Born | 25 August 1909 |
| Died | 26 March 1964 (aged 54) Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Macroeconomics |
| School or tradition | Neo-Marxian economics[1] |
| Influences | Karl Marx, Michał Kalecki, Josef Steindl, John Kenneth Galbraith |
| Contributions | Economic surplus |
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Paul Alexander Baran (/ˈbærən/; 25 August 1909 – 26 March 1964) was an American Marxist economist. In 1951, Baran was promoted to full professor at Stanford University. He was the only tenured Marxian economist in the United States until his death in 1964. He wrote The Political Economy of Growth in 1957 and co-authored Monopoly Capital with Paul Sweezy.[3]
- ^ Shahrukh Rafi Khan, A History of Development Economics Thought: Challenges and Counter-challenges, Routledge, 2014, p. 39.
- ^ Reder, Melvin W; Tarshis, Lorie; Smith, Thomas C. "Memorial Resolution: Paul A Baran" (PDF). Stanford Historical Society. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2010. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
- ^ Robert W. McChesney. The Monthly Review Story: 1949–1984 Archived 2009-11-07 at the Wayback Machine Monthly Review Foundation.