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William A. Scott, 1862-1942.

American Institutionalist and monetary economist at the University of Wisconsin.

Born in Clarkson, New York, William Amasa Scott received his BA from Rochester in 1886. He went on to become professor of history and political science at the University of South Dakota for three years. In 1890, Scott enrolled for graduate studies at the Johns Hopkins University, serving as instructor and obtaining his Ph.D. under Richard T. Ely in 1892. Scott followed Ely to the University of Wisconsin in 1892, where Scott was appointed to teach economics and economic history.  He was also involved in the Wisconsin extension program..  In 1900, William A. Scott was appointed the first director of Wisconsin's "School of Commerce"

 

  

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Major Works of William A. Scott

  • The Repudiation of State Debts, 1893 [bk]
  • "Review of Hobhouse's Labor Movement", 1894, AAPSS, p.131 [js]
  • "The Distribution of Wealth in the United States", 1894, Chautauquan (Jun), p.266
  • "The Outlook in Wisconsin", 1893, University Extension, p.173
  • "Review of Wicksell's Finanztheoretische Untersuchungen", 1897, AAPSS (Jan), p.142 [js]
  •  "The Quantity Theory", 1897, AAPSS (Mar), p.40 [js] [offp]
  • "Henry George and His Economic System", 1898, New World, p.87
  • "The place of commercial studies in the college or university curriculum", 1902, Pub of Michigan PSA, p.40
  • Money and Banking: an introduction to the study of modern currencies, 1903 [bk] [1910 4th ed]
  • A Decade of High Finance, 1908 [hth]
  • "Training for Business at the University of Wisconsin", 1913, JPE.
  • Money, 1913 [bk]
  • Banking, 1914 [bk]
  • "Germany's war on us in time of peace", 1918, Wisconsin Bulletin [bk]
  • The Development of Economics, 1933

 
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Resources on  William A. Scott

  • Personal notes on William A. Scott in AAPSS:  (1892, May, p.114), (1896, Jul, p.154), (1900, Sep, p.107)
  • Scott entry in Wisconsin Badger, 1896
  • W.A. Scott page at OLL, LibertyFund
  • "W.A. Scott" in R.G. Thwaites, editor, 1900, University of Wisconsin: Its history and its alumni, p.334
  • Online books page at Penn

 

 
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