| Year
| Name
| Topics
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| 1970
| Paul Samuelson
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| 1971
| Simon Kuznets
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| 1972
| John Hicks, Kenneth Arrow
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| 1973Events January events January 1 United Kingdom, Ireland, and Denmark enter the European Economic Community now known as the European Union January 3 Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) sells the New York Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led
| Wassily LeontiefWassily Leontief ( August 5, 1906 February 5, 1999), born at St. Petersburg ( Leningrad), USSR (now Russia), was an economist notable for his research on how changes in one economic sector may have an effect on other sectors. Leontief won Bank of Sweden P
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| 19741974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). Events January-February January 5 Dungeons & Dragons officially released. February 4 Patricia Hearst, the 19 year old granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped
| Gunnar MyrdalGunnar Myrdal ( December 6, 1898- May 17, 1987) was a Swedish economist and politician. He was born in Gagnef, Dalecarlia and died in Danderyd, close to Stockholm. He was professor of economics at the Stockholm School of Economics from 1933 to 1947 and mi, Friedrich HayekFriedrich August von Hayek ( May 8, 1899 March 23, 1992) was an economist and social scientist of the Austrian School, noted for his defense of free-market capitalism against a perceived rising tide of socialist thought in the mid-20th century. He also ma
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| 1975Events January January 1 Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. Haldeman, John D. Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up and are sentenced to 30 months to 8 years in jail on February 21 January 5 The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, i
| Leonid KantorovichLeonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich ( January 19, 1912 April 7, 1986) is famous for his theory and development of techniques for the optimal allocation of resources. He was the winner of the 1975 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred N, Tjalling Koopmans
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| 19761976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). Events January January 12 UN Security Council votes 11-1 to admit the Palestinian Liberation Organization January 15 Would-be Gerald Ford presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore is s
| Milton Friedman
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| 1977
| Bertil Ohlin, James Meade
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| 1978
| Herbert Simon
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| 1979
| Theodore Schultz , Arthur Lewis
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