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wesley clair mitchell 29 october 1948 new york city , u.s. arthur f. burns simon kuznets clark warburton rushville , illinois , u.s. institutional economics thorstein veblen john dewey james l. laughlin black empirical research on business cycles american nber uc berkeley 1903 -- 12 university of chicago 1899 -- 1920 1903 -- 45 columbia university 1913 -- 44 political economics macroeconomics 05 august 1874 wesley clair mitchell.jpg wesley clair mitchell
 wesley clair mitchell university of chicago
wesley clair mitchell

wesley clair mitchell -lrb- august 5 , 1874 -- october 29 , 1948 -rrb- was an american economist known for his empirical work on business cycles and for guiding the national bureau of economic research in its first decades .
