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Biography of Paul A. Baran - Economist
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Paul A. Baran (1910 - 1964) was an American economics|economist known for his Marxist views. He was born in Russia, but had his academic career in the United States, teaching at Stanford University from 1949 until his death of a heart attack in 1964. == Major works == * The Political Economy of Underdevelopment (1952) * The Political Economy of Growth (1957) * The Commitment of the Intellectual (1961) * Monopoly Capital: An essay on the American economic and social order (1966), with Paul Sweezy * The Longer View: Essays toward a critique of political economy (1970) * The Political Economy of Neo-Colonialism (1975)

