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“To contribute to the emergence of a society in which development will supplant stagnation, in which growth will take the place of decay, and in which culture will put an end to barbarism is the noblest, and, indeed, the only true function of intellectual endeavor.”

Quote by Paul A. Baran

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Paul A. Baran was a prominent economist, born on August 25, 1909, and died on March 26, 1964. He had a significant impact on the field of economics, particularly in the areas of network theory and information theory. more

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