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“I remember once reading that it is still not understood how the giraffe manages to pump an adequate blood supply all the way up to its head; but it is hard to imagine that anyone would conclude tht giraffes do not have long necks. At least not anyone who had ever been to a zoo”

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Robert Solow, born on August 23, 1924, is an esteemed American economist known for his significant contributions to economic growth theory, particularly in the relationship between technological progress and economic growth. more

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Source: The Second Crisis of Economic Theory: And Other Selected Papers from the American Economic Meeting, December 27-29, 1971

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