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Henry Rogers Seager, 1870-1930.

American Institutionalist labor economist at Columbia.

Michigan native Henry R. Seager did his undergraduate work at the University of Michigan.  Following the wake of the "new generation", Seager did a graduate training tour  from 1890 to 1893 -- from Johns Hopkins to Central Europe (Halle, Berlin and Vienna) -- before settling down and receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1894.  He was elevated to the Penn faculty soon after graduation.  

In 1902, Seager was lured to Columbia University, where he would remain for the rest of his life.  Seager was perhaps the top American expert on trusts and labor legislation.  He served on numerous government commissions and was one of the guiding spirits in forming US social insurance.

 

  

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Major Works of Henry R. Seager

  • "Review of Stephen's Turgot and Rae's Smith", 1895, AAPSS (Jul),  p.147 [js]
  • Introduction to Economics, 1904 [1904 2nd ed; 1906 3rd ed]
  • Economics, 1908 [bk]
  • Economics, Briefer Course, 1909 [bk]
  • Social Insurance: A program of social reform, 1910 [bk]
  • Principles of Economics, 1913 [bk] (revised ed. of 1904)
  • "Testimony of H.R. Seager" in 1916 Industrial Relations p.10558
  • History of the Shipbuilding Labor Adjustment Board, 1917-19, 1921
  • "Company vs. Trade Unions", 1922, AER
  • Practical Problems in Economics, 1923
  • Trust and Corporation Problems, 1929
  • Labor and other economic essays, 1931

 
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