William Smart (economist) explained

William Smart (10 April 1853 – 19 March 1915) was a Scottish economist.^[1] Initially inspired by Thomas Carlyle and John Ruskin, Smart was a conveyor of the thought of the Austrian School,^[2] before being won-over to the neoclassicalism of Alfred Marshall.

Smart, eldest son of Alexander Smart and grandson of Reverend William Smart, was born in Barrhead, Scotland.

Works

• An Introduction to the Theory of Value on the Lines of Menger, Wieser, and Böhm-Bawerk (1891, 1910).
• The Return to Protection (1904)
• Book: William Smart. Economic Annals of the Nineteenth Century: 1821–1830. 1917. Macmillan and Company, limited.
• Book: William Smart. John Ruskin: His Life and Work. 1883. Wilson & McCormick.
• William Smart. Glasgow and Its Municipal Industries. The Quarterly Journal of Economics. 9. 2. 1895. 188–194. 1885599.
• Clark, J. Maurice. Journal of Political Economy. Reviewed Work: Second Thoughts of an Economist, by William Smart. 25. 4. 1917. 402–404. 1819087. 10.1086/252976. free.
• Book: Smart . Second Thoughts of an Economist . 1916 . London . Macmillan and Co..

Notes and References

1. Edwin Cannan. Edwin Cannan. Obituary — William Smart. The Economic Journal. 25. 98. June 1915. 2222200.
2. Web site: William Smart. The History of Economic Thought, of The Institute for New Economic Thinking.