What is Robert Solow?
{{nobelprize|Economics}} {{Infobox economist | name = Robert Solow | school_tradition = [[Neo-Keynesian economics]] | image = Robert Solow by Olaf Storbeck.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = |birth_name = Robert Merton Solow |birth_date = {{birth date|1924|08|23}} |birth_place = New York City, New York, U.S. |death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|2023|12|21|1924|08|23}}}} |death_place = [[Lexington, Massachusetts]], U.S. | nationality = [[United States]] | institution = [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] | field = [[Macroeconomics]] | alma_mater = [[Harvard University]] | contributions = [[Exogenous growth model]] | awards = [[John Bates Clark Medal]] (1961)<br />[[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences]] (1987)<br />[[National Medal of Science]] (1999)<br>[[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] (2014) | signature = <!-- file name only --> | repec_prefix = e | repec_id = pso18 }} '''Robert Merton Solow''' (August 23, 1924 &ndash; December 21, 2023) was an [[Americans|American]] [[economist]]. He was known for his work on the theory of [[economic growth]] that grew in the [[exogenous growth model]]. It was named after him. He was awarded the [[John Bates Clark Medal]] (in 1961) and the 1987 [[Nobel Prize in Economics]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/1987/solow/biographical/|title=The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1987|website=NobelPrize.org|language=en-US|access-date=2020-07-14}}</ref> He won the Nobel Prize for studying how countries grow economically.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1987|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/1987/press-release/|access-date=2021-05-11|website=NobelPrize.org|language=en-US}}</ref> Solow was born on August 23, 1924 in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=Robert Merton Solow (1924– ) |url=htt