Once, at a get together, I called him my guru and explained the gurukul system of our rishis. He said: "Ah! That is what the US needs." Samuelson was a rishi in the way he treated his chosen students and saw them through difficulties. He was a great and gentle guru.
On Paul Samuelson, as quoted in "Subramanian Swamy: Samuelson - A genius who was my guru", Business Standard (22 December 2009)