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James Laurence Laughlin (April 2, 1850 – November 28, 1933) was an American economist and Professor at Harvard University, Cornell University and the University of Chicago,,〔John U. Nef, "(James Laurence Laughlin (1850-1933) )," in: ''Journal of Political Economy,'' Vol. 75, No. 6 (Dec., 1967) , pp. 779-781. Published by: The University of Chicago Press〕 who helped to found the Federal Reserve System and "one of the most ardent defenders of the gold standard."〔(James Laurence Laughlin Answer to Coin Harvey 1895 ) at let.rug.nl, GWM ,University of Groningen, 1994-2012. Accessed 09-2015.〕 == Life an work == Born in Deerfield, Ohio, Laughlin received his PhD from Harvard University. His thesis regarded "Anglo-Saxon Legal Procedure". A conservative, he generally subscribed to the economic theories of John Stuart Mill and opposed bimetallism. Laughlin taught at Harvard University in Boston for five years, at Cornell University for two years, and then became the department-head of the new economics department at the University of Chicago from 1892 to 1916. Notably, he appointed many economists with whom he avidly disagreed, such as Thorstein Veblen, to high positions at the university. Laughlin was a member of the Indianapolis Monetary Commission, organized in 1897, and prepared its report, one of the important documents in the history of American banking and monetary reform.New International Encyclopedia In 1906 Laughlin lectured, by invitation, in Berlin, and in 1909 he served as delegate to the Pan-American Scientific Congress at Santiago, Chile. From 1911 to 1913 he was chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Citizens League for the Promotion of a Sound Banking System. Under his leadership the league promoted banking reform in the United States. In addition to teaching, he edited the ''Journal of Political Economy'' from 1892 to 1933, but refused to become a member of the American Economic Association because of differences in philosophy. He advised various state and national governments on economic matters, including overhauling the monetary system of Santo Domingo. He prepared an abridgment of John Stuart Mill's ''Political Economy'' (1884) and wrote many important books on macroeconomics and monetary policy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Laurence Laughlin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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