John R. Commons

John R. Commons
From The Independent, Volume 63 (1907)
Born(1862-10-13)October 13, 1862
DiedMay 11, 1945(1945-05-11) (aged 82)
Academic career
FieldInstitutional economics, labor history
School or
tradition
Institutional economics
Doctoral
advisor
Richard T. Ely
Doctoral
students
Alvin Hansen, Edwin E. Witte
InfluencesHenry Dunning Macleod

John Rogers Commons (October 13, 1862 – May 11, 1945) was an American institutional economist, Georgist, progressive and labor historian at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.[1]

  1. ^ Rutherford, Malcolm (2006). "Wisconsin Institutionalism: John R. Commons and His Students". Labor History. 47 (2): 161–188. doi:10.1080/00236560600583123. S2CID 145626020.