CLARK, JOHN BATES (1847-1938), American economist, was born at Providence, R. I., Jan. 26, 1847. He was educated at Brown university, Amherst college, Heidelberg and Zurich and appointed professor of political economy at Carleton college, Minn. in 1877. Thereafter he served as professor at Smith college, Amherst college and Columbia university, retiring in 1923. From 1895 to 1911 he was editor of Political Science Quar terly and director of the division of economics and history for the Carnegie endowment for international peace (1911-23).
Among his works are: The Philosophy of Wealth (1885) ; The Distribution of Wealth (1899) ; The Control of Trusts (19o1), en larged ed. with J. M. Clark (1912) ; The Problem of Monopoly (1904) ; Essentials of Economic Theory as Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy (1907).