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Leonid Hurwicz Quotes

1917–2008 Poland

Leonid "Leo" Hurwicz (August 21, 1917 – June 24, 2008) was a Polish-American economist and mathematician. He was among the first economists to recognize the value of game theory and was a pioneer in its application.

Poland
Economists
Nobel laureates

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There were times when other people said I was on the short list, but as time passed and nothing happened, I didn’t expect the recognition would come because people who were familiar with my work were slowly dying off.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Leonid Hurwicz (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.