Lawrence Klein Quotes

• I, Lawrence Klein, was born in Omaha, Nebraska, as were my elder brother and younger sister.

  Lawrence Klein

  Sister, Brother, Nebraska

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• An early fascination with higher mathematics at the university level blossomed into speculative thinking that could provide a basis for dealing with economic issues.

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  Thinking, Issues, Fascination

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• Although I was not aware of it at the time, the experience of growing up during the Great Depression was to have a profound impact on my intellectual and professional career.

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  Depression, Growing Up, Impact

  "Lawrence R. Klein - Biographical". www.nobelprize.org. 2005.

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• During the early 1960s, I decided to supplement research support for quantitative economic studies at Pennsylvania by selling econometric forecasts to private and public sector buyers.

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  Support, Pennsylvania, Research

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• My early education was in the public school system of Omaha, where, retrospectively, I realize that my high school training served me in good stead for the basic subjects of mathematics, English, foreign languages and history.

  Lawrence Klein

  School, Training, Language

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• The completion of my undergraduate training at the University of California (Berkeley) provided just the needed touches of rigor at advanced levels in both economics and mathematics.

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  California, Training, Levels

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• After my first visit to Japan, in 1960, to work on a joint model building project at Osaka University, I maintained a continuing interest in the country and the entire Far East.

  Lawrence Klein

  Country, Japan, East

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• It came as a surprise to find that a professional society and journal (Econometrica) were flourishing, and I entered this area of study with great enthusiasm.

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  Enthusiasm, Study, Surprise

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• The SSRC committee turned attention from team research for building a model of the United States to doing one for world trade in order to investigate the international transmission mechanism.

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  Team, Order, United States

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