Warren Joseph Samuels was an American economist and historian of economic thought. He received a BBA from University of Miami

University of Miami

The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...

, Miami, FL and obtained his Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin–Madison

University of Wisconsin–Madison

The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...

. After holding academic posts in the University of Missouri

University of Missouri

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, Georgia State University

Georgia State University

Georgia State University is a research university in downtown Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Founded in 1913, it serves about 30,000 students and is one of the University System of Georgia's four research universities...

, Atlanta, and University of Miami

University of Miami

The University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...

, he was appointed Professor of Economics in Michigan State University

Michigan State University

Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...

 in 1968, where he stayed until his retirement in 1998.

Warren Samuels made contributions to the history of economic thought

History of economic thought

The history of economic thought deals with different thinkers and theories in the subject that became political economy and economics from the ancient world to the present day...

 and the methodology of economics

Economic methodology

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. His work was inspired primarily by his "interest in generating greater clarity as to the economic role of government both in the history of economic thought and in contemporary economics".

Samuels received the Distinguished Faculty Award from Michigan State University. He was a founding member of the History of Economics Society, recipient of the Veblen-Commons Award from the Association for Evolutinary Economics and long time editor of its Journal of Economic Issues.

Major publications

• The Classical Theory of Economic Policy, 1966.
• Pareto on Policy, 1974.
• Gardiner C. Means: Institutionalist and Post-Keynesian (with Steven G. Medema), 1990.
• Economic Thought and Discourse in the Twentieth Century (with Jeff Biddle and Thomas Patchak-Schuster), 1993.
• The Economy as a Process of Valuation (with Steven G. Medema and A. Allan Schmid), 1997.
• Economics, Governance and Law: Essays on Theory and Policy, 2002.
• Essays on the History of Economics (with Willie Henderson, Kirk Johnson, and Marianne Johnson, 2004.
• Erasing The Invisable Hand: Essays on an Elusive and Misused Concept in Economics Cambridge: 2011.

Secondary sources

• M. Blaug (ed.) - Who's who in economics (3d edition), 1999.
• Ross Emmett - http://pl842.pairlitesite.com/2011/08/18/rip-warren-j-samuels-1933-2011/ Biography

External reference

• Warren J. Samuels' Homepage at Michigan State University