Scholarly Comments on Academic Economics

Glenn E. Hoover

The bio below comes from a published article and may now be dated.

*Glenn E. Hoover* (1887-1961) was a professor of economics at Mills College in California and author of _Twentieth Century Economic Thought_ (1950). A JSTOR search shows that he published ten articles in _American Journal of Economics and Sociology_, thre

Glenn E. Hoover (1887-1961) was a professor of economics at Mills College in California and author of Twentieth Century Economic Thought (1950). A JSTOR search shows that he published ten articles in American Journal of Economics and Sociology, three in Social Forces, one in Political Science Quarterly, and one in American Economic Review. Readers interested in the present article are encouraged to consult his 1943 article “The Failure of the Social Sciences” in the American Journal of Economics and Sociology.