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Leverett S. (Leverett Samuel) Lyon
1885–1959
A lawyer-turned-economist, he wrote clearly about business, government, and everyday economic life at a time when the United States was rethinking how markets should work. His work is especially remembered for examining the National Recovery Administration and the shape of modern public policy.
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Elements of Debating: A Manual for Use in High Schools and Academies
by Leverett S. (Leverett Samuel) Lyon
About the author
Born in 1885, Leverett Samuel Lyon was an American economist, lawyer, teacher, and business executive. He studied at Beloit College, earned a law degree from Kent College of Law in Chicago, and later completed graduate work in economics at the University of Chicago.
From the 1910s into the 1920s, he taught economics at several institutions, including the University of Chicago, Washington University in St. Louis, and the Robert Brookings Graduate School of Economics and Government. His writing ranged across business education, marketing, government, and the wider organization of economic life, showing a practical interest in how institutions shape daily commerce.
He is best known today for work connected to the National Recovery Administration and for bringing together legal, economic, and administrative thinking in a readable way. Lyon died in 1959, leaving behind a body of work that reflects the big public debates of early 20th-century America.