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Kenneth E. Boulding

British-American economist (1910-1993) · United Kingdom · On the map · Academics · Died at 83

Kenneth Ewart Boulding was an English-born American economist, educator, peace activist, and interdisciplinary philosopher. Boulding was the author of two citation classics: The Image: Knowledge in Life and Society (1956) and Conflict and Defense: A General Theory (1962).

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John Bates Clark Medal1949

Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association

Swarthmore Lecture

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He was co-founder of general systems theory and founder of numerous ongoing intellectual projects in economics and social science. He was married to sociologist Elise M. Boulding.

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