Edwin W. Kemmerer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetEdwin W. Kemmerer
American economist
Date of Birth: 29-Jun-1875
Place of Birth: Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States
Date of Death: 16-Dec-1945
Profession: economist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Edwin W. Kemmerer
- Edwin Walter Kemmerer (June 29, 1875 – December 16, 1945) American economist, became famous as an economic adviser to foreign governments in many countries (Philippines, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Germany, Chile, South Africa, Poland, Ecuador, Bolivia, China, Peru, and Turkey), promoting plans based on strong currencies, the gold standard, central banks, and balanced budgets.
- "He helped design the U.S.
- Federal Reserve System in 1911, edited the American Economic Bulletin and the American Economic Review, and became president of the American Economic Association in 1926."He graduated with honors and a Phi Beta Kappa key from Wesleyan University, and earned his Ph.D.
- from Cornell University, where he taught (1906-1912).
- At 28, was appointed Financial Adviser to the U.S.
- Philippine Commission.
- In 1912 he became a professor at Princeton University, where he was made the first director of its new International Finance Section; by then Kemmerer had a well established reputation as an international "money doctor."
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