"In fact, all the additional knowledge gained by an irrationally constituted society may but enlarge and enhance the powers of death and destruction."
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Educators from the United StatesEconomists from the United StatesJews from UkraineMarxists from the United StatesStanford University faculty
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Chapter Eight, The Steep Ascent, p. 299
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Paul A. Baran
Paul Alexander Baran (25 August 1909, Mykolaiv, , today Ukraine – 26 March 1964, Palo Alto, USA) was an American economist known for his Marxist views. In 1951 Baran was promoted to full professor at Stanford University and Baran was the only tenured in the United States until his death in 1964.
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