Chase, Stuart, 1888-1985

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Dates:
Birth 1888-03-08
Death 1985-11-16
Americans,
English,

Biographical notes:

Economist and author.

From the description of Stuart Chase papers, 1907-1978 (bulk 1931-1955). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981114

Stuart Chase, b. 1888, d. 1985, economist, author, and member of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's "brain trust."

Robert D. Williamson, editor-in-chief at Silver, Burdett and Co., Newark, N.J.

Lola Kovener, autograph seeker who posed as a secretary.

From the description of Letters to Robert D. Williamson and Lola Kovener, 1935 April 18, 1937 February 9, 1938 August 2. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 57596339

Biographical Note

1888, Mar. 8 Born, Somersworth, N.H. circa 1910 1917 Worked as a certified public accountant in his father's firm, Boston, Mass. 1914 Married Margaret Hatfield (divorced) 1917 1922 Member, Federal Trade Commission, investigating meat packing industry 1922 1929 With Labor Bureau, Inc. 1927 Economic adviser to a trade union delegation to Russia 1930 Married Marian Tyler 1934 Published The Economy of Abundance. New York: Macmillan 1935 Published Government in Business. New York: Macmillan 1936 Published Rich Land, Poor Land. New York: McGraw-Hill 1938 Published The Tyranny of Words. New York: Harcourt, Brace 1940 Published Idle Money, Idle Men. New York: Harcourt, Brace 1940 1941 With Tennessee Valley Authority 1941 Published A Primer of Economics. New York: Row, Peterson 1942 Published Goals for America. New York: Twentieth Century Fund 1945 Published with Marian Tyler Chase Men at Work. New York: Harcourt, Brace 1948 Published The Proper Study of Mankind. New York: Harper 1949 With Unesco 1951 Published with Marian Tyler Chase Roads to Agreement. New York: Harper 1954 Published with Marian Tyler Chase Power of Words. New York: Harcourt, Brace 1956 Published Guides to Straight Thinking. New York: Harper 1958 Published Some Things Worth Knowing. New York: Harper 1962 Published American Credos. New York: Harper 1964 Published Money to Grow On. New York: Harper and Row 1968 Published The Most Probable World. New York: Harper and Row 1969 Published Danger--Men Talking! New York: Parents' Magazine Press 1985, Nov. 16 Died, Redding, Conn.

From the guide to the Stuart Chase Papers, 1907-1978, (bulk 1931-1955), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Consumers
  • Economics
  • Meat industry and trade
  • Meat industry and trade
  • Packing houses
  • Packing-houses
  • Peace
  • Social policy
  • World War, 1939-1945

Occupations:

  • Authors
  • Economists

Places:

  • Illinois--Chicago (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)

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