Name: Wesley Clair Mitchell
Lifetime: August 5, 1874- October 29, 1948
Nationality: American
School of Thought: Institutionalist
Major Contributions / Notable Ideas: Empirical research on business cycles
Major Works: A History of the Greenbacks (1903), Gold Prices and Wages Under the Greenback Standard (1908), Measuring Business Cycles (with A.F. Burns) (1946)
Write a 500 to 1000 word paper using at least three outside sources in APA style format. The paper should include brief background on the economist, their school of thought, and their contributions to the field of economics. This paper is submitted via SafeAssign to analyze originality of content.
Be sure throughout to use in-text citations, placing the following at the end of the sentence where you paraphrase a source:
(Author’s Last Name, Year of Publication, Page # if direct quote)
If it’s a general webpage:
(webpage title, web site) ex. (Adam Smith, Wikipedia)
Also include a reference section.
No plagiarism!
