James Laurence Laughlin

J. Laurence Laughlin
Born(1850-04-02)April 2, 1850
DiedNovember 28, 1933(1933-11-28) (aged 83)
NationalityAmerican
Academic career
InstitutionsHarvard University
Cornell University
University of Chicago
Alma materHarvard University
ContributionsAmerican economist
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James Laurence Laughlin (April 2, 1850 – November 28, 1933) was an American economist and professor at Cornell University, Harvard University, and the University of Chicago,[1][2] who helped to found the Federal Reserve System and was "one of the most ardent defenders of the gold standard."[3]

  1. ^ John U. Nef, "James Laurence Laughlin (1850-1933)," in: Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 75, No. 6 (December 1967), pp. 779-781. Published by: The University of Chicago Press
  2. ^ McCann, Jr., Charles R.; Kapuria-Foreman, Vibha (2022), Cord, Robert A. (ed.), "James Laurence Laughlin (1850–1933)", The Palgrave Companion to Chicago Economics, Springer International Publishing, pp. 151–173, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-01775-9_7, ISBN 978-3-031-01775-9{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ James Laurence Laughlin Answer to Coin Harvey 1895 at let.rug.nl, GWM, University of Groningen, 1994-2012. Accessed September 2015.