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James Laurence Laughlin
James Laurence Laughlin (April 2, 1850 – November 28, 1933) was an American economist and Professor at Harvard University, Cornell University and the University of Chicago, who helped to found the Federal Reserve System and was "one of the most ardent defenders of the gold standard."
Life and work.
Born in Deerfield, Ohio, Laughlin received his PhD from Harvard University. His thesis regarded "Anglo-Saxon Legal Procedure" and was supervised by Henry Adams. A conservative, he
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