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In 1932, Robbins summed up the common essence of many economists' concepts of economics, and put forward a classic definition of economics in On the Nature and Significance of Economic Science: "Economics is a science of human behavior that studies the relationship between purpose and scarce means with optional uses". This shows that the emergence of economics lies in the contradiction between endless human desires and scarcity of goods. Hicks's "Value and Capital" also clearly shows that political economy is a science that studies human behavior choices. Paul samuelson, a famous contemporary American economist, also wrote in his Economics that economics is a science that studies how people and society make the final choice.