Harold Glenn Moulton (November 7, 1883,
Le Roy, Michigan - December 14, 1965,
Charles Town, West Virginia
Charles Town is a city in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States, and is also the county seat. The population was 5,259 at the 2010 census. It is named for its founder Charles Washington, youngest brother of President George Washington. ...
) was an American economist and longtime fellow at the
Brookings Institution
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. He authored several dozen books and papers exploring timely social and economic topics, including "Waterways versus Railways" (1912), "The Principals of Money and Banking" (1916), "Germany's Capacity to Pay" (1923), "The Reparation Question" (1924), "The Formation of Capital" (1935), "Control of Germany and Japan" (1944), and "Can Inflation be Controlled?" (1958).
Before joining Brookings Moulton was on the faculty of the economics department of the
University of Chicago
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, where he served also as debate team coach.
In 1937 he was recognized by being invited to deliver the prestigious
Charles P. Steinmetz Memorial Lecture
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at
Union College
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.
Speakers at the Dr. Charles Proteus Steinmetz Memorial Lecture Series
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1883 births
1965 deaths
20th-century American economists
University of Chicago faculty
People from Charles Town, West Virginia
Economists from West Virginia
People from Osceola County, Michigan
Brookings Institution people
Journal of Political Economy editors