He was a familiar byline in Newsweek and The Washington Post for decades, explaining the intricacies of economic policy in ...

For more than 40 years, he helped readers make sense of economics and society. His plainspoken columns were informed by his ...

Discover Paul Samuelson's groundbreaking economic theories, Nobel-winning contributions, and his lasting impact on microeconomics and macroeconomics.

Jul. 28—Joan Benoit was already the world-record holder in the women's marathon. The 27-year-old Cape Elizabeth native and Bowdoin College graduate had won the Boston Marathon twice. But this was ...

It's rare to come across an individual whose appearance reflects his personality quite as closely as Robert Samuelson. The Newsweek/Washington Post columnist is a conservative, but his ideology is not ...

The Sun was among those proud to have carried over the years the columns of this hard-headed, reasonable writer.

Paul Solman: We continue this week with excerpts from an interview I did with Paul Samuelson in his office almost a decade ago, just after the dot.com collapse in the year 2000. I was helping make a ...