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1914–1996 Canada

William Spencer Vickrey (21 June 1914 – 11 October 1996) was a Canadian-born professor of economics and with James Mirrlees the winner of the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.

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Market Anti-Inflation Plans
In such a context, it should be clear that balancing a nominal budget will solve nothing, and attempting to achieve such a spurious balance will produce much mischief.

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