Samuelson, a Nobel laureate, was the doyen of American economists: his famous textbook, Economics went through 14 editions in its author’s lifetime, introducing future economists worldwide to the rudiments of their craft. If not the sole originator, he was the great popularizer of the “neoclassical synthesis” – the mix of neoclassical and Keynesian economics that defined the mainstream of the field for 50 years.
萨缪尔逊是诺贝尔奖获得者、美国经济学家的翘楚：他的著名教科书《经济学》（Economics）在他生前出版了14版，将全世界无数晚辈经济学家引入经济学殿堂。就算不是“新古典综合派”的唯一创始人，他也是这一学派的发扬光大者。新古典综合派结合了新古典和凯恩斯主义经济学，占据经济学主流50年之久。