J FAGG FOSTER'S CONTRIBUTION TO HUMAN UNDERSTANDING

1907 - 1985

Professor of Economics

University of Denver 1946 - 1976

 

INTRODUCTION

Biography and photos:  Gladys Foster

Summary of site contents - Baldwin Ranson

 

WRITTEN CONTRIBUTIONS

Dissertation:

Theoretical Foundations of Government Ownership in a Capitalist Economy

 

Preface:

Spending, Saving, and Employment

 

Manuscript:

Origins of the American Contribution

 

Occasional papers:

Robinson Crusoe

Free Will

 

ORAL CONTRIBUTIONS

Lecture notes:

Business Cycles

Comparative Economic Systems

Value and Its Determinants

 

Dictionary:

Foster's definitions

 

IMPACT

Syllabi, team of colleagues:

The Social Process

The Problem of Value

 

Former Students:

Baldwin Ranson -  A Personal Appreciation,  1986

Edythe Miller - J. Fagg Foster, 1994

Baldwin Ranson - Only the Instrumental Theory of Value Can be Applied, 2008.

 

Economist:

L. Randall Wray - J. Fagg Foster for the Future, 2016.