Willford I. King | |
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| Born | (1880-06-02)June 2, 1880 |
| Died | October 17, 1962(1962-10-17) (aged 82) |
| Nationality | American |
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| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Madison University of Nebraska |
Willford Isbell King (June 2, 1880 – October 17, 1962) was an American statistician, economist, and chairman of theNational Committee to Uphold Constitutional Government (NCUCG).
King was born inCascade, Iowa on June 2, 1880. King received his education from one-room schoolhouse teachers inNebraska. He attended theUniversity of Nebraska, graduating 1905. He received hisDoctor of Philosophy degree fromUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison in 1913.
He went toWashington, D.C. to become a statistician with theUnited States Public Health Service from 1917–1920. In 1917 he was elected as aFellow of theAmerican Statistical Association.[1] In 1920, he moved on to become the economist for theNational Bureau of Economic Research. In 1927, King moved on from public service to become an economics professor atNew York University.
During theGreat Depression, King opposed theNew Deal. Instead, he advocated a sliding scale of wages based on production, no government intervention in business, currency expansion, the reduction of taxes in upper brackets, and the abolition of all levies on incomes of corporations and from invested capital.[2]
In 1933, he founded theCommittee on Economic Accord. In 1945, King retired from NYU to become chairman of the Committee for Constitutional Government, Inc., he later would serve as an advisor.
King and his wife Jane Elizabeth Patterson, had three children, Harold J., Hugh Patterson., and Floralie Jane.
KIng's grandson, and his namesake, is Willford S. King of Boise, Idaho. Willford is the son of Harold J. King.
King died at his home inDouglaston, New York on October 17, 1962.
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