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Article: Veblen, Camp, and the Industrial Organization of Agriculture.
- Article from:
- Journal of Economic Issues
- Article date:
- March 1, 2001
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William Roswell Camp (1873-1934) was among the few academicians to apply Veblenian economics to the industrial organization of agriculture. Camp was deeply devoted to Thorstein Veblen. When Veblen resigned from Stanford University in 1909, he left much of his personal library with Camp. Twenty years later, Camp served as a pallbearer at Veblen's funeral.
Joseph Dorfman, Veblen biographer and historian of economic thought, notes the significance of Camp's PhD dissertation treating the limitations of Ricardian rent theory. Dorfman laments that Camp "experienced great difficulties in adjusting to an academic career, and as a result the promise of his dissertation ...