When Paul’s Foundations was published in the 1940s, readers… - Michael Szenberg

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When Paul’s Foundations was published in the 1940s, readers experienced a kind of revelation that created a sensation. This brings to mind the post-WWI public’s similar reaction to Marcel Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past. Critics compared Proust’s prolific writings to those of Homer, Dante, and Shakespeare. But, what a difference in Proust’s and Paul’s dispositions!

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Michael Szenberg (born 1934) is an American economic, and distinguished professor of economics and past Chairman of the Finance and Economics department at Pace University's Lubin School of Business.

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