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Thomas Nixon Carver (25 March 1865, Kirkville, Iowa – 8 March 1961, Santa Monica, California) was an American economics professor. ==Biography== He grew up on a farm, the son of Quaker parents.〔Thomas Nixon Carver, 1949. ''Recollections of an Unplanned Life''. .〕 He received an undergraduate education at Iowa Wesleyan College and the University of Southern California. After studying under John Bates Clark and Richard T. Ely at Johns Hopkins University, he received a Ph.D. degree at Cornell University in 1894. He held a joint appointment in economics and sociology at Oberlin College until 1902 when he accepted a position as professor of political economy at Harvard University (1902–35). For a time there he taught the only course in sociology. He was Secretary-Treasurer of the American Economic Association (1909–13) and was elected its President in 1916.〔A.W. Coats, 1987. "Carver, Thomas Nixon," ''The New Palgrave: A Dictionary of Economics'', v. 1, pp. 374–75.〕 Carver's principal achievement in economic theory was to extend Clark's theory of marginalism to determination of interest from saving ('abstinence') and productivity of capital.〔• T.N. Carver, 1893. "The Place of Abstinence in the Theory of Interest," ''Quarterly Journal of Economics'', 8(1), pp. (40–61. ) • _____, 1903. "The Relation of Abstinence to Interest," ''Quarterly Journal of Economics'', 18(1), p (p. 142 )–145.〕 He made pioneering contributions to agricultural and rural economics and in rural sociology.〔〔Thomas Nixon Carver, 1911. ''Principles of Rural Economics''. Chapter links, pp. (vii–x. ) 〕 and wrote on such diverse topics as monetary economics,〔T. N. Carver, 1897. "The Value of the Money Unit," ''Quarterly Journal of Economics'', 11(4), pp. (429–435. )〕 macroeconomics,〔• 1903. "A Suggestion for a Theory of Industrial Depressions," ''Quarterly Journal of Economics'', 17(3), pp. (497 )–500. Reprinted in Carver, 1919, ''Principles of Political Economy'', pp. (335–37 ). • 1921. ''Principles of National Economy'', Chapter links, ( v–vi. )〕 the distribution of wealth,〔Thomas Nixon Carver, 1904. ''The Distribution of Wealth''. Chapter (links. )〕 the problem of evil,〔1908. "The Economic Basis of the Problem of Evil," ''Harvard Theological Review'', 1(1), pp. (97 )–(111. )〕 uses of religion,〔1912. ''The Religion Worth Having''. Chapter (links. )〕 political science,〔1914. "Political Science, I. General Introduction" in William Allan Neilson, ed., ''Lectures on the Harvard Classics'', v. 51 of 51, pp. (328–346. )〕 political economy,〔• 1919. ''Principles of Political Economy''. Chapter links, pp. (vii )–(ix. ) • 1960. "A Conservative's Ideas on Economic Reform," ''Quarterly Journal of Economics'', 74(4), pp. (536 )–542.〕 social justice,〔1915. ''Essays in Social Justice''. Chapter (links. )〕 behavioral economics,〔T.N. Carver, 1918. "The Behavioristic Man," ''Quarterly Journal of Economics'', 33(1), pp. (195 )–201.〕 social evolution,〔Thomas Nixon Carver, 1935. ''The Essential Factors of Social Evolution''. Chapter links, pp. (ix–xi. )〕 and the economics of national survival.〔1917. "The National Point of View in Economics," ''American Economic Review'', 7(1, Supplement), pp. (3–17. ) Presidential address, American Economic Association.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Nixon Carver」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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