The completion of my undergraduate training at the University of California (Berkeley) provided just the needed touches of rigor at advanced levels in both economics and mathematics.

I, Lawrence Klein, was born in Omaha, Nebraska, as were my elder brother and younger sister.

During the early 1960s, I decided to supplement research support for quantitative economic studies at Pennsylvania by selling econometric forecasts to private and public sector buyers.

Although I was not aware of it at the time, the experience of growing up during the Great Depression was to have a profound impact on my intellectual and professional career.

After my first visit to Japan, in 1960, to work on a joint model building project at Osaka University, I maintained a continuing interest in the country and the entire Far East.

An early fascination with higher mathematics at the university level blossomed into speculative thinking that could provide a basis for dealing with economic issues.

It came as a surprise to find that a professional society and journal (Econometrica) were flourishing, and I entered this area of study with great enthusiasm.

The SSRC committee turned attention from team research for building a model of the United States to doing one for world trade in order to investigate the international transmission mechanism.

However unlikely it may seem, it is the truth and, therefore, one hundred percent likely.

I travel to know the life of great souls in the pages of a book.

Conscience is the manifestation of our divine nature, the absolute truthfulness that we all have inside, that resides beyond the instinctive desire to survive.

Common integration is only the memory of differentiation.

Rappers shouldn't have to file taxes because they itemize everything they own in songs.

It seemed out of place to think of consequences during the fiesta.

I haven't used that word since I was 7 years old. I don't understand Donald Trump.

Remember our heritage is our power; we can know ourselves and our capacities by seeing that other women have been strong.

Many people weigh the guilt, they will feel against the pleasure of the forbidden action they want to take.

Cut back your spending now.