American economics professor (1865–1961)
Thomas Nixon Carver (25 March 1865 – 8 March 1961) was an American economics professor.[ 1] [ 2]
He grew up on a farm, the son ofQuaker parents.[ 3] Iowa Wesleyan College and theUniversity of Southern California . After studying underJohn Bates Clark andRichard T. Ely atJohns Hopkins University , he received aPhD degree atCornell University underWalter Francis Willcox in 1894.[ 4]
He held a joint appointment ineconomics andsociology atOberlin College until 1902, when he accepted a position as professor ofpolitical economy atHarvard University (1902–1935). For a time, there he taught the only course in sociology. He was the secretary-treasurer of theAmerican Economic Association (1909–1913) and was elected its president in 1916.[ 5]
Carver's principal achievement in economic theory was to extend Clark's theory ofmarginalism to determination of interest from saving ('abstinence') andproductivity ofcapital .[ 6] [ 7] agricultural andrural economics and inrural sociology .[ 5] [ 8] monetary economics ,[ 9] macroeconomics ,[ 10] distribution of wealth ,[ 11] problem of evil ,[ 12] [ 13] political science ,[ 14] political economy ,[ 15] [ 16] social justice ,[ 17] behavioral economics ,[ 18] social evolution ,[ 19] [ 20]
(1893).The Place of Abstinence in the Theory of Interest . (1894).The Theory of Wages Adjusted to Recent Theories of Value . (1904).Distribution of Wealth . Retrieved16 December 2023 – viaInternet Archive . (1905).Sociology and Social Progress . (1910).Rural Economy as a Factor in the Success of the Church . (1911).Principles of Rural Economics (1911).The Religion Worth Having . (1915).Essays in Social Justice (1916).Selected Readings in Rural Economics (1916).Selected Writings in Rural Economics . (1917).The Foundations of National Prosperity . (1918).Agricultural Economics . (1919).Government Control of the Liquor Business in Great Britain and the United States . (1919).Principles of Political Economy . (1919).War Thrift . (1920).Elementary Economics [with Maude Carmichael]. (1921).Principles of National Economy . (1923).Human Relations: An Introduction to Sociology [with Henry Bass Hall]. (1924).The Economy of Human Energy . (1925).The Present Economic Revolution in the United States . (1927).Principles of Rural Sociology [with Gustav A. Lundquist]. (1928).Economic World and How It May Be Improved [with Hugh W. Lester]. (1932).Our Economic Life . (1935).The Essential Factors of Social Evolution . Carver, Thomas Nixon;Woolman, Mary Schenck ; McGowan, Ellen Beers (1935).Textile Problems for the Consumer OCLC 19422000 – via HathiTrust. (1949).Recollections of an Unplanned Life . Sole author journal articles [ edit ] Carver also co-wrote a number of journal articles, presided over conference presentations, and published in conference proceedings.[ 21]
^ Blaug, Mark , ed. (1986). "CARVER, Thomas Nixon".Who's Who in Economics: A Biographical Dictionary of Major Economists 1700-1986 149 .ISBN 978-0-7450-0230-9 Internet Archive .^ Moulton, H. G. (1920)."An Appraisal of Carver's Economics" .Journal of Political Economy .28 (4):322– 331.doi :10.1086/253263 .ISSN 0022-3808 . ^ Thomas Nixon Carver, 1949.Recollections of an Unplanned Life ."Excerpt" . Archived from the original on 27 October 2009. Retrieved26 September 2013 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link ) ^ Elliott, Clark A.; Rossiter, Margaret W. (1992).Science at Harvard University: Historical Perspectives ISBN 9780934223126 ^a b Coats, A. W. (1987). "Carver, Thomas Nixon (1865–1961)".The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics . pp. 1– 2.doi :10.1057/978-1-349-95121-5_567-1 .ISBN 978-1-349-95121-5 OCLC 755272638 . ^ Carver, T. N. (1893). "The Place of Abstinence in the Theory of Interest".The Quarterly Journal of Economics .8 (1):40– 61.doi :10.2307/1882876 .hdl :2027/hvd.32044004792511 JSTOR 1882876 . ^ Carver, T. N. (1903). "The Relation of Abstinence to Interest".The Quarterly Journal of Economics .18 (1):142– 145.doi :10.2307/1882781 .JSTOR 1882781 . ^ Thomas Nixon Carver, 1911.Principles of Rural Economics . Chapter links, pp.vii–x. ^ Carver, T. N. (1897). "The Value of the Money Unit".The Quarterly Journal of Economics .11 (4):429– 435.doi :10.2307/1880718 .JSTOR 1880718 .ProQuest 127816360 . ^ Carver, T. N. (1903). "A Suggestion for a Theory of Industrial Depressions".The Quarterly Journal of Economics .17 (3):497– 500.doi :10.2307/1882323 .hdl :2027/hvd.hnttc5 JSTOR 1882323 . ^ Thomas Nixon Carver, 1904.The Distribution of Wealth . Chapterlinks. ^ Carver, Thomas N. (1908)."The Economic Basis of the Problem of Evil" .The Harvard Theological Review .1 (1):97– 111.doi :10.1017/S0017816000006544 .JSTOR 1507533 .S2CID 170136407 . ^ 1912.The Religion Worth Having . Chapterlinks. ^ 1914. "Political Science, I. General Introduction" inWilliam Allan Neilson , ed.,Lectures on theHarvard Classics , v. 51 of 51, pp.328–346. ^ • 1919.Principles of Political Economy . Chapter links, pp.vii –ix. ^ Carver, Thomas Nixon (1960). "A Conservative's Ideas on Economic Reform".The Quarterly Journal of Economics .74 (4):536– 542.doi :10.2307/1884350 .JSTOR 1884350 . ^ 1915.Essays in Social Justice . Chapterlinks. ^ Carver, T. N. (1918). "The Behavioristic Man".The Quarterly Journal of Economics .33 (1):195– 201.doi :10.2307/1885016 .JSTOR 1885016 . ^ Thomas Nixon Carver, 1935.The Essential Factors of Social Evolution . Chapter links, pp.ix–xi. ^ Carver, Thomas N. (1917). "The National Point of View in Economics: Annual Address of the President".The American Economic Review .7 (1):3– 17.JSTOR 1814767 . ^ Carver, T. N. (1908). "Agricultural Economics. Round Table Discussion: T. N. Carver, Chairman".American Economic Association Quarterly .9 (1):59– 82.JSTOR 2999987 .
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