John D. Black

John D. Black
Born(1883-06-06)June 6, 1883
DiedApril 12, 1960(1960-04-12) (aged 76)
NationalityAmerican
Academic career
FieldAgricultural economics
InstitutionsUniversity of Minnesota
Harvard University
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin
Doctoral
advisor
Benjamin Hibbard
Doctoral
students
Marion Clawson
Willard Cochrane
Barbara Reagan

John Donald Black (June 6, 1883 – April 12, 1960) was an American economist. He was a professor of economics at University of Minnesota from 1918 to 1927, and then from 1927 to 1956 at Harvard University.[1] Black was one of the authors of the Agricultural Adjustment Act.[2] He was also president of the American Economic Association in 1955.[3] Black died at a Boston hospital in 1960.[4]

  1. ^ Galbraith, John Kenneth (1959). "John D. Black: A Portrait". In Cavin, James Pierce (ed.). Economics for Agriculture: Selected Writings of John D. Black. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. pp. 1–19.
  2. ^ "Black | Agricultural & Applied Economics Association". www.aaea.org. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
  3. ^ "American Economic Association: Past Prisdents". www.aeaweb.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  4. ^ "John D. Black". The Sheboygan Press. April 13, 1960. p. 5. Retrieved January 5, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon