Lewis Henry Haney (March 30, 1882 – July 1, 1969) was a conservative American economist, professor, and economic columnist. He was born in Eureka, Illinois, and educated at Illinois Wesleyan University,

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. He received a B.A. and M.A. from Dartmouth College. Ned Haney lectured at

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in 1908, afterwards teaching at the universities of

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and

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, and was a professor of economics at the

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. In 1920, he became director of the New York University Bureau of Business Research and professor of economics. In 1921 he was elected as a

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of the American Statistical Association. He was a syndicated columnist on economics for many years; a conservative, he attacked many aspects of the

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. He retired from teaching in 1955. He was married twice, fathering one daughter, Hope Haney West. His first wife was Anna Meta Stephenson. His second wife was Louise Olivier Thion. He was an

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and died of a stroke in Roslyn, New York.

Works

* ''A Congressional History of Railways'', (volume i, 1908; volume ii, 1910) * ''History of Economic Thought'', (1911, revised edition, 1919) * ''Business Organization and Combination'', (1913); and various articles on economic subjects for periodicals.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Haney, Lewis Henry 1882 births 1969 deaths Economists from Illinois American economics writers American male non-fiction writers Illinois Wesleyan University alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni New York University faculty People from Eureka, Illinois University of Iowa faculty University of Michigan faculty Fellows of the American Statistical Association Mathematicians from Illinois 20th-century American economists University of Texas faculty 20th-century American male writers