Paul A. Baran

Paul Alexander Baran
Economist Paul A. Baran as he appeared in the late 1950s
Born25 August 1909
Mykolaiv, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine)
Died26 March 1964(1964-03-26) (aged 54)
Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Academic background
InfluencesKarl Marx, Michał Kalecki, Josef Steindl, John Kenneth Galbraith
Academic work
DisciplineMacroeconomics
School or traditionNeo-Marxian economics
Notable ideasEconomic surplus

Paul Alexander Baran (/ˈbærən/; 25 August 1909 – 26 March 1964) was an American Marxist economist. In 1951, Baran was promoted to full professor at Stanford University. He was the only tenured Marxian economist in the United States until his death in 1964 . He wrote The Political Economy of Growth in 1957 and co-authored Monopoly Capital with Paul Sweezy.

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