Jacob Harry Hollander (1871–1940) was an American

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Biography

Hollander was born in

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. He graduated from

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with a BA in 1891, and a PhD in 1894. He became associate professor of

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there. In 1900, he became assistant professor of

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, becoming full professor in 1904. He was appointed secretary to the Bimetallic Commission of 1897. US President McKinley named him Treasurer of the island of

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in 1900. He resigned in 1901 after introducing a

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. He was special commissioner to investigate financial conditions in

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and until 1908 was financial advisor of the

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. He also was an official arbitrator in various labour disputes.

Works

His contributions to

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scholarship are considerable. He edited the ''Letters of

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to J. R. McCulloch'' (1895) and (together with James Bonar) ''Letters to Hutches Trower and others'' (1899). He also initiated a famous series of ''Reprints of Economic Tracts'' in 1903. Major publications: * ''The Cincinnati Southern Railway: A Study in Municipal Activity'' (1894) * ''The Financial History of Baltimore'' (1899) * ''Studies in State Taxation'' (1900) * ''Report on the Debt of Santo Domingo'' (1906) * ''David Ricardo: A Centenary Estimate'' (1911) * ''The Abolition of Poverty'' (1914) * ''War Borrowing'' (1919) * ''Economic Liberation'' (1925) * ''Want and Plenty'' (1932)

Notes

References

* * M. Blaug (ed.) - ''Who's who in economics'' (3d edition), 1999. *

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* * 1871 births 1940 deaths American economics writers American male non-fiction writers Historians of economic thought Economic history of Puerto Rico Writers from Baltimore Johns Hopkins University alumni Johns Hopkins University faculty Presidents of the American Economic Association Economists from Maryland Burials at Har Sinai Cemetery {{US-economist-stub