Harry Gunnison Brown | |
|---|---|
 Portrait of Brown | |
| Born | May 7, 1880 |
| Died | March 11, 1975 (aged 94) Columbia, Missouri, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Academic career | |
| Field | Monetary economics Public economics |
| Institution | Yale University University of Missouri |
| School or tradition | Neoclassical economics[1] |
| Alma mater | Williams College Yale University |
| Doctoral advisor | Irving Fisher |
| Other notable students | Beryl Sprinkel |
| Influences | George · Fisher · Davenport |
Harry Gunnison Brown (May 7, 1880– March 11, 1975) was a Georgist[2] economist teaching at Yale in the early 20th century. Paul Samuelson named Brown in a list of "American saints in economics" that included only 6 other economists born after 1860.[3][4]
- ^ Ryan, Christopher Keith (1985). Henry Gunnison Brown: Economist (PhD). Iowa State University. doi:10.31274/rtd-180813-13376. S2CID 161814391.
- ^ Brown, H. G. "A Defense of the Single Tax Principle." The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 183.1 (1936): 63-69. Quote: "The truth is that I recognize the fundamental justice and common sense of the single-tax idea. But that any other tax than a tax on land values is always and everywhere wrong, regardless of public needs or the nature of this other tax, I do not maintain."
- ^ Ryan, Christopher Keith (1985). "Harry Gunnison Brown: economist". Iowa State University. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ Samuelson, Paul (1966). The collected scientific papers of Paul A. Samuelson. Cambridge, Mass: M.I.T. Press. ISBN 9780262190800.