Paul A. Samuelson's Birth Card: The 4 of Diamonds

In the record

Paul Anthony Samuelson (May 15, 1915 – December 13, 2009) was an American economist who was the first American to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. The birth-card coordinate for May 15 is the 4 of Diamonds — a calendar position, not a forecast of the 1970 Economic Sciences prize.

Nobel Prize record

• 1970 The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel — for the scientific work through which he has developed static and dynamic economic theory and actively contributed to raising the level of analysis in economic science

The 4 of Diamonds coordinate

Paul A. Samuelson's birthday maps to the 4 of Diamonds (The Financial Foundation Builder). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day), and the year is unused. It is not a prediction about a Nobel Prize and not a verdict on Paul A. Samuelson. The card's own language, quoted as system copy rather than biography: You build a floor that lasts and still let money move when the work requires it.

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Paul A. Samuelson in the public record

When awarding the prize in 1970, the Swedish Royal Academies stated that he "has done more than any other contemporary economist to raise the level of scientific analysis in economic theory". Samuelson was one of the most influential economists of the latter half of the 20th century. In 1996, he was awarded the National Medal of Science. Samuelson considered mathematics to be the "natural language" for economists and contributed significantly to the mathematical foundations of economics with his book Foundations of Economic Analysis. He was author of the best-selling economics textbook of all time: Economics: An Introductory Analysis, first published in 1948. It was the second American textbook that attempted to explain the principles of Keynesian economics. Samuelson served as an advisor to President John F. Kennedy and President Lyndon B.

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Paul Anthony Samuelson (May 15, 1915 – December 13, 2009) was an American economist who was the first American to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

Paired on value and commerce — the domain ♦ governs in this system. Markers in the record: economist.

Also on the record

1. Johnson, and was a consultant to the United States Treasury, the Bureau of the Budget and the President's Council of Economic Advisers.
2. Samuelson wrote a weekly column for Newsweek magazine along with Chicago School economist Milton Friedman, where they represented opposing sides: Samuelson, as a self described "Cafeteria Keynesian", claimed taking the Keynesian perspective but only accepting what he felt was good in it.
3. By contrast, Friedman represented the monetarist perspective.
4. Together with Henry Wallich, their 1967 columns earned the magazine a Gerald Loeb Special Award in 1968.

Other laureates with this card

• Abhijit Banerjee — 2019 Economic Sciences
• Aleksandr M. Prokhorov — 1964 Physics
• Amartya Sen — 1998 Economic Sciences
• Derek Walcott — 1992 Literature
• Drew Weissman — 2023 Physiology or Medicine
• Finn E. Kydland — 2004 Economic Sciences
• Frank Wilczek — 2004 Physics
• Frédéric Joliot — 1935 Chemistry
• Georges J.F. Köhler — 1984 Physiology or Medicine
• Gertrude B. Elion — 1988 Physiology or Medicine
• Henrik Dam — 1943 Physiology or Medicine
• Hideki Yukawa — 1949 Physics
• 22 more laureates share this card.

FAQ

What is Paul A. Samuelson's birth card?

The 4 of Diamonds. May 15 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. The year of birth is not used.

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