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Paul Streeten

Paul Streeten, Austrian-born British economics professor (died 2019)

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Born
July 18, 1917
Died
January 6, 2019
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1917

About Paul Streeten

Paul Patrick Streeten was an Austrian-born British economics professor. He was a professor at Boston University, US until his retirement. He has been a distinguished academic working on development economics since the 1950s. Streeten became a naturalized UK citizen. In the 1980s Streeten became a professor at Boston University, and while there also served as director of the World Institute for Development Economics Research.

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The world when Paul Streeten was born

Paul Streeten was born in 1917. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1917

  • Best-selling book"Mr. Britling Sees It Through" – H.G. Wells

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentProfessional sports curtailed as America enters World War I
  • Top headlineUS enters World War I
  • Technology milestoneFirst practical military use of sonar
  • World population~1.77B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population100.8M

1917 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Paul Streeten's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19172026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Population100.8M341 million

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