Henry Rogers Seager
Henry Rogers Seager | |
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Henry Rogers Seager, 1915. | |
| Born | July 21, 1870 |
| Died | August 23, 1930 |
| Nationality | American |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Doctoral advisor | Simon Patten |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Political Economy, and economic organization |
| Institutions | Columbia University |
| Doctoral students | Horace Bookwalter Drury, Mary van Kleeck |
| Notable ideas | "Principles of Economics" in 1913. |
Henry Rogers Seager (July 21, 1870 – August 23, 1930, Kiev, Soviet Union) was an American economist, and Professor of Political Economy at Columbia University, who served as president of the American Association for Labor Legislation.
Inspired by the work of the Austrian School, Seager published his main work "Principles of Economics" in 1913. Inline with the institutional economics this textbook was typical "empirical and institutional in applied work, that dealt with real markets." In 1929 he published his most cited work, entitled "Trust and corporation problems."