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Richard Kahn died in Cambridge on 6 June 1989 at the age of 83. By his death, King’s College, Cambridge lost a devoted member and the Faculty of Economics and Politics at Cambridge a major, indeed, a unique figure.
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Harcourt, G.C. (1993). R. F. Kahn, 10 August 1905–6 June 1989: A Tribute. In: Post-Keynesian Essays in Biography. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12826-6_4
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