Lewis Henry Haney (March 30, 1882 – July 1, 1969) was a conservative American economist, professor, and economic columnist.

Biography

Haney was born in

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, and educated at

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. He received a B.A. and M.A. from Dartmouth College. Ned Haney lectured at

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in 1908, afterwards teaching at the universities of

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and

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, and was a professor of economics at the

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. In 1920, he became director of the New York University Bureau of Business Research and professor of economics. In 1921 he was elected as a

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of the

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. He was a syndicated columnist on economics for many years; a conservative, he attacked many aspects of the

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. He retired from teaching in 1955. Haney died of a stroke at St. Francis Hospital in Flower Hill, New York.

Personal life

Haney was married twice, fathering one daughter, Hope Haney West. His first wife was Anna Meta Stephenson. His second wife was Louise Olivier Thion. He was an

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Works

* ''A Congressional History of Railways'', (volume i, 1908; volume ii, 1910) * ''History of Economic Thought'', (1911, revised edition, 1919) * ''Business Organization and Combination'', (1913); and various articles on economic subjects for periodicals.

References

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