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Wassily Leontief

Born on August 5, 1905

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Wassily Wassilyevich Leontief (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Лео́нтьев; August 5, 1905 – February 5, 1999) was a Russian-American economist known for his research on input–output analysis and how changes in one economic sector may affect other sectors.

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