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Gardiner Means

American economist · United States · On the map · Academics · Lived 1896 to 1988 · aged 91

Gardiner Coit Means was an American economist who worked at Harvard University, where he met lawyer-diplomat Adolf A. Berle. Together they wrote the seminal work of corporate governance, The Modern Corporation and Private Property.

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During the New Deal, Means served as an economic adviser to Franklin D. Roosevelt and Henry A. Wallace.

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1896 to 1988 · aged 91