Alfred Haskell Conrad
Encyclopedia
Alfred H. Conrad was a distinguished and popular professor of economics
at Harvard University
and City College of New York
. He belonged to the quantitative economic current called New economic history.
Born Alfred Haskell Cohen in New York City, Conrad attended Brooklyn Boys High and in 1947 graduated from Harvard College. There he completed a doctorate in economics in 1954 and later taught in the economics department and in the business school.
In 1958 he co-authored with John R. Meyer
The Economics of Slavery in the Antebellum South. Using rigorous statistics, the authors concluded that the view that slavery would have disappeared without the American Civil War
was "a romantic hypothesis which will not stand against the facts." This study anticipated that by Nobel-laureate Robert Fogel, who would later conclude the same.
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
and City College of New York
City College of New York
The City College of the City University of New York is a senior college of the City University of New York , in New York City. It is also the oldest of the City University's twenty-three institutions of higher learning...
. He belonged to the quantitative economic current called New economic history.
Born Alfred Haskell Cohen in New York City, Conrad attended Brooklyn Boys High and in 1947 graduated from Harvard College. There he completed a doctorate in economics in 1954 and later taught in the economics department and in the business school.
In 1958 he co-authored with John R. Meyer
John R. Meyer
John R. Meyer was an American economist. He is credited with creating the field of transportation economics and was one of the pioneers of cliometrics.- Life :...
The Economics of Slavery in the Antebellum South. Using rigorous statistics, the authors concluded that the view that slavery would have disappeared without the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
was "a romantic hypothesis which will not stand against the facts." This study anticipated that by Nobel-laureate Robert Fogel, who would later conclude the same.