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...Leontief has been part of the small minority of Economics professors favoring the appointment of radical economists to tenured positions...
...press conference held after the announcement of his Noble Prize, Leontief expressed cautious optimism about the possibility of more radical economists gaining posts at Harvard, and said the Economics Department was "slowly beginning to open its doors to economists with different views. In the year-and-a-half since that conference, however, little progress has been made toward hiring more radical economists, and Leontief last night said he is "disenchanted...
...described the circumstances of his move as "complicated," and said that "this type of decision is always a combination of push and pull." Leontief said the push from Harvard and the pull from NYU were "about equal...
...Leontief said that NYU had "naturally" offered him an increased salary, but he said this was not an important factor in his decision to leave Harvard...
...Leontief who has taught in Harvard's Economics Department for 44 years, stressed last night that his remarks were limited "very strictly to the department and not the University in general...