{"id":1810,"date":"2013-11-04T22:48:54","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T22:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tmsdesarrolladores.com\/pedropalma\/?p=1810"},"modified":"2016-06-04T23:14:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-04T23:14:01","slug":"lawrence-r-klein-1920-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pedroapalma.com\/site\/lawrence-r-klein-1920-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Lawrence R. Klein (1920-2013)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Publicado en el diario \u201cEl Nacional\u201d de Caracas. 4 de noviembre de 2013<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>El 20 de octubre pasado falleci\u00f3 Lawrence R. Klein, uno de los economistas m\u00e1s influyentes del siglo XX y ganador del Premio Nobel de Econom\u00eda de 1980, quien no s\u00f3lo hizo aportes importantes a la teor\u00eda econ\u00f3mica y a la aplicaci\u00f3n de las matem\u00e1ticas y la estad\u00edstica al an\u00e1lisis econ\u00f3mico, sino que fue pionero en el desarrollo y aplicaci\u00f3n de modelos econom\u00e9tricos a la predicci\u00f3n del comportamiento econ\u00f3mico bajo diferentes escenarios y supuestos. Con raz\u00f3n se le conoci\u00f3 como el padre de la econometr\u00eda aplicada, habiendo desarrollado los primeros modelos predictivos de la econom\u00eda norteamericana, que despu\u00e9s sirvieron de base para el desarrollo de complejos modelos predictivos de diferentes econom\u00edas, tanto del mundo industrializado como de pa\u00edses emergentes.<\/p>\n<p>Desde su c\u00e1tedra en el Departamento de Econom\u00eda de la Universidad de Pennsylvania en Filadelfia, donde ostentaba el t\u00edtulo de Benjamin Franklin Professor, la m\u00e1xima distinci\u00f3n acad\u00e9mica de esa universidad reservada a muy pocos profesores de esa casa de estudio, Klein fue mentor y gu\u00eda de una pl\u00e9yade de economistas de las m\u00e1s diversas procedencias, quienes desarrollaron modelos econom\u00e9tricos de las econom\u00edas de donde eran oriundos y aplicaron esos instrumentos para predecir el comportamiento de estas econom\u00edas, o para determinar c\u00f3mo reaccionar\u00edan las mismas ante cambios en las pol\u00edticas econ\u00f3micas que en ellas se implementaran.<\/p>\n<p>Fue el creador de Wharton Econometrics Forecasting Associates (WEFA) un centro de predicci\u00f3n econ\u00f3mica adscrito a la conocida escuela Wharton de la Universidad de Pennsylvania, que ofrec\u00eda servicios de asesor\u00eda macroecon\u00f3mica a diversas organizaciones p\u00fablicas y privadas, y que fue pionera en la prestaci\u00f3n de ese tipo de servicios a nivel mundial. Tambi\u00e9n fue el creador y director principal del Proyecto Link, un grupo acad\u00e9mico de profesionales de la econom\u00eda adscrito a la\u00a0 Universidad de Pennsylvania y auspiciado por las Naciones Unidas, conformado por economistas internacionales que hab\u00edan desarrollado modelos econom\u00e9tricos de sus respectivos pa\u00edses, con la finalidad de utilizar \u00e9stos instrumentos de an\u00e1lisis para la estimaci\u00f3n de predicciones econ\u00f3micas mundiales.\u00a0 Tuve el honor de ser invitado por Klein a formar parte de este grupo a comienzos de los a\u00f1os 80 y ulteriormente a ser miembro de su comit\u00e9 ejecutivo, lo cual me dio la oportunidad de interactuar con destacados colegas del mundo entero, y entrar en un estrecho contacto con quien hab\u00eda sido mi maestro y gu\u00eda durante mis estudios de doctorado en la Universidad de Pennsylvania. De esa vinculaci\u00f3n naci\u00f3 una estrecha amistad que se mantuvo y acrecent\u00f3 durante muchos a\u00f1os, pudiendo as\u00ed palpar mucho m\u00e1s de cerca las extraordinarias condiciones humanas que \u00e9l pose\u00eda. A pesar de su brillo y genialidad, reconocidos y admirados por todos los que lo conoc\u00edamos, era una persona de gran modestia, bondad y generosidad, siempre dispuesto a ayudar y a dedicarle su valioso tiempo a cualquier persona que se le acercara en b\u00fasqueda de su orientaci\u00f3n y sapiencia.<\/p>\n<p>Como viajero incansable que era atendiendo las m\u00faltiples invitaciones que le hac\u00edan desde todos los lugares del orbe para dictar conferencias o para participar en eventos acad\u00e9micos, estuvo entre nosotros en tres oportunidades invitado por Cordiplan y por el IESA para participar en sendos foros donde se analizaron las perspectivas econ\u00f3micas mundiales.<\/p>\n<p>Curiosamente, el lunes 21 de octubre pasado, cuando se estaba dando inicio a la reuni\u00f3n semestral del Proyecto Link en la sede de las Naciones Unidas en Nueva York, nos enteramos de su deceso ocurrido pocas horas antes, noticia que nos llen\u00f3 de nostalgia a todos los que hab\u00edamos compartido con \u00e9l en tantas gratas ocasiones. Para m\u00ed ese fue un momento particularmente triste, pues no s\u00f3lo se hab\u00eda ido el maestro del que tanto aprend\u00ed, sino tambi\u00e9n el amigo a quien tanto apreci\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ver: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wharton.upenn.edu\/125anniversaryissue\/klein.html\">http:\/\/www.wharton.upenn.edu\/125anniversaryissue\/klein.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Imagen: <span class=\"_r3\"><span class=\"irc_ho\" dir=\"ltr\">noticieros.televisa.com<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En honor de Lawrence R. Klein, ilustre economista norteamericano, premio Nobel de Econom\u00eda de 1980. 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