 John Henry Williams (1887–1980)Pier Francesco Asso ()
Chapter 8 in The Palgrave Companion to Harvard Economics, 2024, pp 197-220 from Springer Abstract: Abstract John Henry Williams (1887–1980) was an influential economist and central banker in the inter-war years. A member of the “Taussig School” of young international economists, he became a professor at Harvard University in 1929 and emeritus in 1957. Williams wrote extensively on trade policy, balance of payments adjustment, and monetary policy and reform, providing both new theoretical perspectives and original empirical analysis. As an economist in the public service, he joined the New York Federal Reserve Bank in 1933, became its vice president in 1936 and one of the leading figures in shaping monetary reforms after the Great Crash. Beginning in 1936, he also acted as the first dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Public Administration. This chapter provides a general assessment of Williams’ main contributions as a Harvard economist and a central banker across his various fields of research and activity. Keywords: John H. Williams; Harvard University; Harvard Graduate School of Public Administration; International political economy; Great Depression; Federal Reserve Bank of New York; 1937 economic recession; Key currency plan; Keynes in America (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-52053-2_8 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-52053-2_8 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Books from Springer |
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