George Frederick Warren Jr. (February 16, 1874 – May 24, 1938) was an agricultural economist who became an advisor to President

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. He was (according to Liaquat Ahamed) central to Roosevelt's momentous decision to take the United States off the

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. Warren published extensively; the published works included in this stub are only a part of what is in

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. His papers are archived at the

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at Cornell University. A short biography appears at nebraskaauthors.org. His picture appeared on the cover of ''Time'' on November 27, 1933.

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