- Influenced by Joseph Schumpter. - A mentor to [[Herman Daly]]. Biographical facts: - Statistican from Romania - Went to Harvard on a Rockefeller fellowship in 1934 - Returned to the University of Bucharest - Faced persecution as a Western-leaning academic - Fled to America as a stowaway on a freighter in 1948 - Found a position at Vanderbilt University --- Related: [[Degrowth]] --- Source: [[Reference Notes/The Progress Illusion|The Progress Illusion]]