In 1967, Paul McCracken, chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, saluted Hansen: "It is certainly a statement of fact that you have influenced the nation's thinking about economic policy more profoundly than any other economist in this century."
I 1967 sagde Paul McCracken, formand for præsidentens Council of Economic Advisers: "Det er en ubestridelig kendsgerning at du har indvirket på den måde vor nation tænker om økonomiske emner, mere end nogen anden økonom i dette århundrede".