John Maurice Clark

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John Maurice Clark was an influential American economist known for his work on economic planning, business cycles, and the concept of the acceleration principle in investment.

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instanceOf economist
human
awardReceived American Economic Association presidency
childOf John Bates Clark
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1884-11-30
dateOfDeath 1963-06-27
educatedAt Amherst College
Columbia University
employer Columbia University
University of Chicago
familyName Clark
fieldOfWork business cycle theory
economic planning
economics
investment theory
macroeconomics
givenName John
hasOccupation author
university teacher
influenced business cycle theorists
post-Keynesian economics
influencedBy John Bates Clark
knownFor analysis of business cycles
formulation of the acceleration principle in investment
work on economic planning
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Economic Association
middleName Maurice
movement American institutionalism
institutional economics
notableConcept acceleration principle
investment accelerator
notableStudent Abba P. Lerner
linked to: Abba Lerner

other American economists of the mid-20th century
notableWork Social Control of Business
Strategic Factors in Business Cycles
Studies in the Economics of Overhead Costs
The Economics of Planning Public Works
placeOfBirth Northampton, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Westport, Connecticut, United States
positionHeld professor of economics
sexOrGender male

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Myra Smith Clark relativeByMarriage John Maurice Clark