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He was an advocate of using market tools (especially the neoclassical pricing theory ) in economic planning of socialism and communism. He also worked on integrating classical and neoclassical economics into a single theoretical structure.

He is probably most known for his work On the Economic Theory of Socialism published in 1936.

Lange was a professor at the University of ChicagoThe University of Chicago is a university located in Chicago, Illinois. Just over a century old, it includes departments and committees of: Physics, Economics, Music (theory), Sociology, Linguistics, Political Science, Social Thought, International Relati from 1938Events January -June January 3 The March of Dimes is established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. January 11 Frances Moulton is the first woman to become president of a US national bank. January 20 Wedding of king Farouk I of Egypt and Farida Zulficar in Cai.

He served as a go-between for F.D. RooseveltFranklin Delano Roosevelt Order 32nd President Term of Office March 4, 1933 April 12, 1945 Predecessor Herbert Hoover Successor Harry S. Truman Date of Birth January 30, 1882 Place of Birth Hyde Park, New York Date of Death April 12, 1945 Place of Death W and Joseph StalinIosif (Joseph) Vissarionovich Stalin ( Russian: Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin , original name Ioseb Jughashvili ( Georgian: Russian: Iosif Dzhugashvili see Other names section ( December 21 [ December 9, Old Style], 1879 1 March 5, 1953) was a Bolshevik rev during the post-war discussion on Poland.

He was Polish ambassador in USAThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in from 1946Events January January 4 Theodore Schurch becomes the last person to be executed for offences committed under the Treachery Act of 1940 January 7 Allied recognize Austrian republic with 1937 borders the country is divided into four occupation zones Januar to 1947Events January January 1 British mines nationalized January 1 Nigeria gains limited autonomy January 1 The Canadian Citizenship Act went into effect January 3 Proceedings of the United States Congress are televised for the first time. January 10 United Na.

One of the Polish universities is named after him: Akademia Eknomiczna we Wroclawiu im. Oskara Lange .

1 Bibliography

• "The Determinateness of the Utility Function", 1934, RES.
• "Marxian Economics and Modern Economic Theory", 1935.
• "The Place of Interest in the Theory of Production", 1936, RES
• "On the Economic Theory of Socialism, 1936, RES.
• "On the Economic Theory of Socialism, I & II", 1936, 1937.
• On the Economic Theory of Socialism, 1938.
• "The Rate of Interest and the Optimum Propensity to Consume", 1938, Economica
• "Saving and Investment: Saving in process analysis", 1939, QJE
• "Is the American Economy Contracting?", 1939, AER
• "Complementarity and Interrelations of Shifts in Demand", 1940, RES
• "Theoretical Derivation of the Elasticities of Demand and Supply: the direct method", 1942, Econometrica
• "The Foundations of Welfare Economics", 1942, Econometrica
• "The Stability of Economic Equilibrium", 1942, Econometrica.
• "Say's Law: A restatement and criticism", 1942, in Lange et al., editors, Studies in Mathematical Economics.
• "A Note on Innovations", 1943, REStat
• "The Theory of the Multiplier", 1943, Econometrica
• "Strengthening the Economic Foundations of Democracy", with Abba Lerner, 1944, American Way of Business.
• Price Flexibility and Employment, 1944.
• "The Stability of Economic Equilibrium" (Appendix of Lange, 1944)
• "The Rate of Interest and the Optimal Propensity to Consume" 1944, in Haberler, editor, Readings in Business Cycle Theory.
• "The Scope and Method of Economics", 1945, RES.
• "Marxian Economic in the Soviet Union", 1945, AER
• "The Practice of Economic Planning and the Optimum Allocation of Resources", 1949, Econometrica
• "The Economic Laws of Socialist Society in Light of Joseph Stalin's Last Work", 1953, Nauka Paulska (repr. IER, 1954).
• The Political Economy of Socialism, 1958.
• Introduction to Econometrics, 1958.
• Political Economy, 1959.
• "The Output-Investment Ratio and Input-Output Analysis", 1960, Econometrica
• Theories of Reproduction and Accumulation, 1961
• Economic and Social Essays, 1930-1960, 1961.
• Economic Development, Planning and Economic Cooperation, 1963.
• Essays on Economic Planning, 1963.
• Optimal Decisions: principles of programming. 1964.
• Wholes and Parts: A general theory of system behavior. 1965
• "The Computer and the Market", 1967, in Feinstein, editor, Socialism, Capitalism and Economic Growth.
• Introduction to Economic Cybernetics, 1965.