Background
VINER, Jacob was born in 1892 in Quebec, Canada.
VINER, Jacob was born in 1892 in Quebec, Canada.
Bachelor of Arts McGill University, Montreal, 1914, Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy Harvard University, 1915, 1922.
At various times he taught also at other universities, including Stanford (1937), Yale (1942-43), and the University of California (1945). He taught at the Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales in Geneva, Switzerland twice (1930-1931 and 1933-1934), and at the National University of Brazil (1950).Viner served as an American representative to the Economic Committee of the League of Nations at Geneva in 1933. From 1934 to 1942, he periodically served as special assistant to the United States Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau, Jr.. Through his work, he influenced the economic policies of the Roosevelt administration, especially in the planning of the Social Security Program. He also served as president of the American Economic Association in 1939.
In 1946 Viner left for Princeton University, where he served as the Walker Professor of Economics and International Finance from 1950 to 1960. He taught theory of international trade and the history of economic thought. He also served as a member of the Editorial Board of the University Press from 1950 to 1953, and as an elective Trustee of the University Press from 1959 to 1961. He was also a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton from 1946 to 1970.
Editor, Journal of Political Economy for 18
years. F. A. Walker Medal; President, American Economic Association, 1939-1940.
(Cambridge 1924 first edition Harvard University. Hardcove...)
Viner was a noted opponent of John Maynard Keynes during the Great Depression. While he agreed with the policies of government spending that Keynes pushed for, Viner argued that Keynes's analysis was flawed and would not stand in the long run.
