George Frederick Warren Jr.

George Frederick Warren Jr. (February 16, 1874 – May 24, 1938) was an agricultural economist who became an advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was (according to Liaquat Ahamed^[1]) central to Roosevelt's momentous decision to take the United States off the gold standard.

George Frederick Warren Jr.
Born	(1874-02-16)February 16, 1874 Clay County, Nebraska, US
Died	May 24, 1938(1938-05-24) (aged 64) Ithaca, New York, US
Resting place	East Lawn Cemetery, Ithaca, New York
Education	Ph.D., 1905, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Warren published extensively; the published works included in this stub are only a part of what is in WorldCat.

His papers^[2] are archived at the Mann Library at Cornell University. A short biography appears at nebraskaauthors.org.^[3] His picture appeared on the cover of Time on November 27, 1933.^[4]

Published works

• Warren, George F (1935). Elements of Agriculture. New York: Macmillan Company.
• Warren, George F; Livermore, K. C (1917). Laboratory Exercises in Farm Management. New York: Macmillan Co.
• Warren, George F (1924). Agricultural Situation: Economic Effects of Fluctuating Prices.
• Warren, George F; Pearson, Frank A; American Economic Association (1933). Some Statistics On the Gold Situation. Philadelphia, Pa.: American Economic Assoc.
• Warren, George F; Pearson, Frank A (1927). Interrelationships of Supply and Price. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University, Agricultural Experiment Station.
• Warren, George F; Pearson, Frank A (1932). The Physical Volume of Production in the United States. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
• Warren, George Frederick; Pearson, Frank Ashmore; Stoker, Herman M (1932). Wholesale Prices for 213 years, 1720 to 1932 ; Warren, G[eorge] F[rederick] ; P. 1. Wholesale Prices in the U.S. for 135 years, 1797 to 1932. G.F. Warren and F[rank] A[shmore] Pearson. P. 2. Wholesale Prices at New York city, 1720 to 1800. Herman M. Stoker. Ithaca, New York.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Warren, George F; Pearson, Frank A (1937). World Prices and the Building Industry: Index Numbers of Prices of 40 Basic Commodities for 14 Countries in Currency and in Gold, and Material On the Building Industry. New York; London: Wiley ; Chapman & Hall.
• Warren, George F; Pearson, Frank A (1934). Prices. New York; London: J. Wiley & Sons Chapman & Hall.

Citations

1. "Why We Left The Gold Standard". NPR.org. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
2. "George F. Warren papers - Cornell University Library Catalog". newcatalog.library.cornell.edu. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
3. "George Frederick Warren | Nebraska Authors". nebraskaauthors.org. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
4. "George Frederick Warren". Time. November 27, 1933. Retrieved February 1, 2022.

References

• Spahr, Walter E (1934). The Monetary Theories of Warren and Pearson. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, inc.
• Pearson, Frank A. Warren as Presidential adviser. OCLC 63331339.
• Stanton, Bernard F (2007). George F. Warren, Farm Economist. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University. OCLC 691052462.