The dark outside world of Paris under German occupation exerted a strong containing pressure.

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The Cowles Commission was the optimal environment for the type of research that I wanted to do.

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In the mid-'60s in Berkeley, the theory of measure spaces of economic agents became one of my main interests.

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I had become interested in economics, an interest that was transformed into a lifetime dedication when I met with the mathematical theory of general economic equilibrium.

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