Clair Wilcox
Clair Wilcox (1898 – 1970) was an American economist.[1]
Biography
[edit]He was on the faculty of Swarthmore College from 1927 to 1968. He chaired the International Trade Conference, which resulted in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.[2]
Wilcox was born in Cuba, New York, and obtained his B.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Before going to Swarthmore, Wilcox taught at Lafayette, Ohio Wesleyan and the University of Pennsylvania. Two of his most important works are: Competition and Monopoly in American Industry and Toward Social Welfare.[3][4] He wrote a monumental book on government regulation of business, Public Policy Towards Business.[5]
Wilcox was "the leading spirit" in the Economists' Protest against Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act of 1930.[6][7]
Wilcox was married to Florence Ruth Chapman, and had two daughters, Andrea and Carolyn (later known as Caroly Wilcox). After his first wife died in 1954,[8] he remarried, to Marcia Lincoln Wallace. He died in 1970, aged 72 years, while traveling in Tucson, Arizona.[9]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Clair Wilcox, 72, Economic Adviser". The New York Times. January 1, 1971. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
- ↑ Wilcox, Clair (1949). A Charter for World Trade. New York: The Macmillan Company. Retrieved March 4, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ Wilcox, Clair (1941). Competition and Monopoly in American Industry, Temporary National Economic Committee, Monograph No. 21. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office. Retrieved March 4, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ Wilcox, Clair (1969). Toward Social Welfare: an Analysis of Programs and Proposals Attacking Poverty, Insecurity, and Inequality of Opportunity. Homewood, Ill.: R. D. Irwin. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
- ↑ Public Policy Towards Business (3rd ed.). Homewood, Ill.: Richard D. Irwin. 1966 – via Internet Archive.
- ↑ Fetter, Frank Whitson (1942). "The Economists' Tariff Protest of 1930". The American Economic Review. 32 (2): 355–356. ISSN 0002-8282. JSTOR 1803518.
- ↑ "1,028 Economists Ask Hoover To Veto Pending Tariff Bill: Professors in 179 Colleges and Other Leaders Assail Rise in Rates as Harmful to Country and Sure to Bring Reprisals" (PDF). The New York Times. May 5, 1930. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 27, 2008.
- ↑ "Mrs. Wilcox Dies in Swarthmore". The Philadelphia Inquirer. May 19, 1954. p. 39. Retrieved January 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Dr. Clair Wilcox, dies at 72". Delaware County Daily Times. January 2, 1971. p. 4. Retrieved January 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
[edit]- Works by or about Clair Wilcox at the Internet Archive
- "1,028 Economists Ask Hoover To Veto Pending Tariff Bill: Professors in 179 Colleges and Other Leaders Assail Rise in Rates as Harmful to Country and Sure to Bring Reprisals" (PDF). The New York Times. May 5, 1930. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 27, 2008.
- Fetter, Frank Whitson (1942). "The Economists' Tariff Protest of 1930". The American Economic Review. 32 (2): 355–356. ISSN 0002-8282. JSTOR 1803518.
- "Economists Against Smoot–Hawley". Econ Journal Watch. Vol. 4, no. 3. September 2007. pp. 345–358.
- "Clair Wilcox Lecture". Department of Economics, Swarthmore College.
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