Kenneth E. Boulding

Kenneth Ewart Boulding (; January 18, 1910 – March 18, 1993) was an English-born American economist, educator, peace activist, and interdisciplinary philosopher. Boulding was the author of two citation classics: ''The Image: Knowledge in Life and Society'' (1956) and ''Conflict and Defense: A General Theory'' (1962). He was co-founder of general systems theory and founder of numerous ongoing intellectual projects in economics and social science. He was married to sociologist Elise M. Boulding. Provided by Wikipedia