Henry Rogers Seager
American economist (1870–1930) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Henry Rogers Seager (July 21, 1870 – August 23, 1930, Kiev, Russia) was an American economist, and Professor of Political Economy at Columbia University,[1] who served as president of the American Association for Labor Legislation.
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Henry Rogers Seager | |
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Born | July 21, 1870 |
Died | August 23, 1930 |
Nationality | American |
Academic career | |
Institution | Columbia University |
Field | Political Economy, and economic organization |
Alma mater | University of Michigan |
Doctoral advisor | Simon Patten |
Doctoral students | Horace Bookwalter Drury, Mary van Kleeck |
Contributions | "Principles of Economics" in 1913. |
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Inspired by the work of the Austrian School, Seager published his main work "Principles of Economics" in 1913. Inline with the institutional economics this textbook was typical "empirical and institutional in applied work, that dealt with real markets."[2] In 1929 he published his most cited work, entitled "Trust and corporation problems."[3]