William Smart (economist)

William Smart
Distribution of income, 1899

William Smart (10 April 1853 – 19 March 1915) was a Scottish economist.[1] Initially inspired by Thomas Carlyle and John Ruskin,[2] Smart was a conveyor of the thought of the Austrian School,[3] before being won-over to the neoclassicalism of Alfred Marshall.

Smart, eldest son of Alexander Smart and grandson of Reverend William Smart, was born in Barrhead, Scotland.

  1. ^ Edwin Cannan (June 1915). "Obituary — William Smart". The Economic Journal. 25 (98). JSTOR 2222200.
  2. ^ Smart 1916, p. 2.
  3. ^ "William Smart". The History of Economic Thought, of The Institute for New Economic Thinking.