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Albert C. (Albert Conser) Whitaker
1877–1965
A clear-eyed early 20th-century economist, he wrote thoughtful studies on value theory and international finance that still interest readers of economic history. His best-known work traces how major English economists argued over the labor theory of value.
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History and criticism of the labor theory of value in English political economy
by Albert C. (Albert Conser) Whitaker
About the author
Albert Conser Whitaker was an American economist born in 1877 and died in 1965. The most reliably confirmed details available here come from library and public-domain author records, which identify him as the author of History and Criticism of the Labor Theory of Value in English Political Economy and Foreign Exchange.
His work sits at the meeting point of economic theory and practical finance. History and Criticism of the Labor Theory of Value in English Political Economy, first published in 1904, examines how English political economists developed and debated one of the field's central ideas. Later, Foreign Exchange showed his interest in the workings of money, exchange, and international trade.
Although detailed biographical information is scarce in the sources I could confirm, Whitaker's surviving books suggest a writer with a careful, analytical style and a strong interest in explaining big economic questions in a systematic way. For listeners drawn to classic economics, he offers a direct window into how scholars of his era thought about value, markets, and monetary systems.