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Chester Arthur Phillips
1882–1976
Best known for co-authoring a long-running principles of economics textbook, he helped shape how generations of students were introduced to the subject. He also taught economics for many years at the University of Iowa.
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Readings in Money and Banking Selected and Adapted
by Chester Arthur Phillips
About the author
Born in 1882 and dying in 1976, Chester Arthur Phillips was an American economist and teacher. He is chiefly remembered as a co-author of Economics, a widely used introductory textbook written with Richard T. Ely and George Ray Wicker.
Phillips spent much of his academic career at the University of Iowa, where he taught economics and contributed to the field through both teaching and writing. His work was aimed at explaining economic ideas clearly for students, which helped give his textbooks a long life in classrooms.
Although he is not as widely known today as some public economists of his era, his influence lasted through the reach of the courses and books he helped create.