"I estimate that if I had neglected the students, I could have written 25 percent more scientific papers. The choice was easy to make and I do not regret it."
Warmest congratulations to economist, professor and dedicated teacher Robert Solow on his 96th birthday.
Solow was awarded the 1987 Prize in Economic Sciences "for his contributions to the theory of economic growth."
Robert Merton Solow, GCIH, is an American economist whose work on the theory of economic growth culminated in the exogenous growth model named after him.
He is currently Emeritus Institute Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he has been a professor since 1949.
Born: 23 August 1924 (age 96 years), Brooklyn, New York, United States
Spouse: Barbara Lewis (m. 1945–2014)
Contributions: Exogenous growth model
Other notable students: Mario Draghi
Influenced: Joseph Stiglitz, Paul Romer, David Romer, George Akerlof, Robert J. Gordon, more
Grateful thanks to Nobel Prize, Wikipedia and Google.
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