ECONOMICS Nineteenth Edition 经济学第十九版.pdf

ECONOMICS ABOUT THE AUTHORS PAUL A. SAMUELSON, founder of the WILLIAM D. NORDHAUS is one of renowned MIT graduate department of economics, America’s eminent economists. Born in Albuquer- was trained at the University of Chicago and Harvard. que, New Mexico, he received his B.A. from Yale and His many scientific writings brought him world fame his Ph.D. in economics at MIT. He is Sterling Profes- at a young age, and in 1970 he was the first American sor of Economics at Yale University and on the staff to receive a Nobel Prize in economics. One of those of the Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics rare scientists who can communicate with the lay and the National Bureau of Economic Research. His public, Professor Samuelson wrote an economics col- research has spanned much of economics—including umn for Newsweek for many years and was economic the environment, energy, technological change, eco- adviser to President John F. Kennedy. He testifies nomic growth, and trends in profits and productivity. often before Congress and serves as academic con- In addition, Professor Nordhaus takes a keen inter- sultant to the Federal Reserve, the U.S. Treasury, and est in economic policy. He served as a member of various private, nonprofit organizations. Professor President Carter’s Council of Economic Advisers Samuelson, between researches at MIT and tennis from 1977 to 1979, serves on many government advi- games, is a visiting professor at New York University. sory boards and committees, and writes occasionally His six children (including triplet boys) have con- for The New York Review of Books and other periodi- tributed 15