Frank Fetter

Tags: Economist.

Frank Albert Fetter (/ˈfɛtər/; 8 March 1863 – 21 March 1949) was an American economist of the Austrian School. Fetter’s treatise The Principles of Economics contributed to an increased American interest in the Austrian School including the theories of Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk Friedrich von Wieser Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich Hayek.Fetter notably debated Alfred Marshall presenting a theoretical reassessment of land as capital.

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birth date

1863-03-08

birth place

Peru Indiana

death date

1949-03-21

death place

Princeton New Jersey

field

Economics, Political economy, Theory of imputation, Distribution (economics), History

influenced

Friedrich Hayek, Murray Rothbard, Richard Ebeling, Ludwig von Mises, Jeffrey_Herbener

influenced by

Carl Menger, Henry George, Eugen Böhm von Bawerk, Friedrich von Wieser, William Stanley Jevons, John Bates Clark

nationality

United States