What is Lawrence Klein?
{{nobelprize|Economics}} {{Infobox economist | name = Lawrence Klein | school_tradition = [[Neo-Keynesian economics]] | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|9|14|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Omaha, Nebraska]], U.S. | death_date = {{dda|2013|10|20|1920|9|14}} | death_place =[[Gladwyne, Pennsylvania]], U.S. | nationality = [[United States]] | institution = [[University of Pennsylvania|Univ. of Pennsylvania]] <br />[[University of Oxford]] <br />[[University of Michigan]] <br />[[NBER]] <br />[[Cowles Commission]] | field = [[Macroeconomics]]<br>[[Econometrics]] | alma_mater = [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] (Ph.D.)<br />[[University of California, Berkeley|UC Berkeley]] (B.A.) | opposed = | contributions = Macroeconometric forecasting models | awards = [[John Bates Clark Medal]] (1959)<br />[[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences]] (1980) | signature = <!-- file name only --> | repec_prefix = e | repec_id = pkl8 }} '''Lawrence Robert Klein''' (September 14, 1920 &ndash; October 20, 2013) was an [[Americans|American]] [[economics|economist]] of [[Jew]]ish descent. He became a well-known economist for his work in creating [[computer model]]s to forecast economic trends in the field of [[econometrics]]. He was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Economics]] in 1980 for his discovery. Klein was born on September 14, 1920 in [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]], [[Nebraska]]. He studied at the [[University of Pennsylvania]]. and at the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. Klein married Sonia Adelson during the 1950s. They had three daughters and one son. Klein died on October 20, 2013 in [[Gladwyne, Pennsylvania|Gladwyne]], [[Pennsylvania]] from natural causes, aged 93.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/22/business/economy/lawrence-r-klein-economist-who-forecast-global-trends-dies-at-93.html|title=Lawrence R. Klein, economist who forecast global trends, dies at 93|publ