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Fred M. Taylor

American economist (1855-1932) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 77

Fred Manville Taylor was an American economist and educator best known for his contribution to the theory of market socialism. He taught mostly history at Albion College from 1879 to 1892.

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He taught in the department of economics at University of Michigan from 1892 to 1929 after receiving his Ph.D. in political philosophy there in 1888. His Principles of Economics (1911) went through 9 editions. Of a libertarian ideology, he was noted as a clear and rigorous expositor of economic theory in the partial-equilibrium lineage of Alfred Marshall.

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1855 to 1932 · aged 77