Lawrence Klein

Lawrence Robert Klein (born September 14, 1920) is an American economist.

Later Career

In 1976 Klein was coordinator of Jimmy Carter's economic task force before the US presidential election. He declined an invitation to join Carter's administration. Klein has also been president of the Econometric Society and the American Economic Association (in 1977).

Related Topics:
1976 - Jimmy Carter - Econometric Society - American Economic Association

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His Nobel citation concludes that "few, if any, research workers in the empirical field of economic science, have had so many successors and such a large impact as Lawrence Klein".

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