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Leontief

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Le·on·tief  (l-ôntyf, -n-), Wassily 1906-1999.
Russian-born American economist. He won a 1973 Nobel Prize for devising the input-output technique of economic analysis.
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Noun1.Leontief - United States economist (born in Russia) who devised an input-output method of economic analysis (1906-1999)
Wassily Leontief


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Wassily Leontief, the foremost proponent of input-output analyses of economic structure, might not agree with this use of the term, but for our purposes it will do.
Poor Kyrgyzstan by Slaughter, Richard A. / The National Interest
And her father, Jerry, was blacklisted in the 1950s from any defense-related industries because someone reported to the McCarthy crowd that he owned a copy of Political Economy, by Wassily Leontief.
Camryn Manheim by Douglas, Susan / The Progressive
When economic historians write this century's story, they no doubt will mention the insights of Lord Keynes, the free-market musings of Milton Friedman, the econometric models of Wassily Leontief, and the portfolio theories of Harry Markowitz.
Cashing in on receivables by Kurtzman, Joel / Chief Executive (U.S.)
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