Gardiner Means

Gardiner Coit Means
Born(1896-06-08)June 8, 1896
Windham, Connecticut
DiedFebruary 15, 1988(1988-02-15) (aged 91)
Vienna, Virginia
NationalityAmerican
Academic career
School or
tradition		Institutional economics
Alma materHarvard University[1]
ContributionsAdministered prices

Gardiner Coit Means (June 8, 1896[2] – February 15, 1988)[3] was an American economist who worked at Harvard University, where he met lawyer-diplomat Adolf A. Berle. Together they wrote the seminal work of corporate governance, The Modern Corporation and Private Property. During the New Deal, Means served as an economic adviser to Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace.

  1. ^ Fowler, Glenn (February 18, 1988). "Gardiner C. Means, 91, Is Dead; Pricing Theory Aided U.S. Policy". The New York Times.
  2. ^ The Free Dictionary
  3. ^ "Gardiner C. Means, 91, Is Dead; Pricing Theory Aided U.S. Policy (Published 1988)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2022-04-19.