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Find sources: "Wisconsin school" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message) The **Wisconsin school** in [economics](/source/Economics) was based at the [University of Wisconsin–Madison](/source/University_of_Wisconsin%E2%80%93Madison), and played a significant role in [American economics](/source/American_economics) in the first half of the 20th century. The Wisconsin school was central to [institutionalism](/source/Institutional_economics) in the [United States](/source/United_States), and also played a prominent role in [labor economics](/source/Labor_economics) and in the development of the policy ideas associated with the [New Deal](/source/New_Deal). The central figures in the Wisconsin school were [Richard T. Ely](/source/Richard_T._Ely) and his student [John R. Commons](/source/John_R._Commons).[1] Notable students of Commons included [Edwin E. Witte](/source/Edwin_E._Witte), largely responsible for the drafting of the [Social Security Act](/source/Social_Security_Act), [Selig Perlman](/source/Selig_Perlman), [Kenneth Parsons](/source/Kenneth_Parsons), and [Harold Groves](/source/Harold_Groves). Other notable economists associated with the Wisconsin school include [Walter Heller](/source/Walter_Heller), [Robert J. Lampman](/source/Robert_Lampman), [Warren Samuels](/source/Warren_Samuels), and [Theodore Schultz](/source/Theodore_Schultz). ## Further reading - Lampman, Robert J., ed. (1993). [*Economists at Wisconsin, 1892–1992*](https://books.google.com/books?id=BLTnAAAAMAAJ). Madison: Board of Regents of the [University of Wisconsin System](/source/University_of_Wisconsin_System). ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Miller_1984_pp._165–188_1-0)** Miller, Harold L. (1984). "The American bureau of industrial research and the origins of the "Wisconsin school"; of labor history". *Labor History*. **25** (2): 165–188. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1080/00236568408584749](https://doi.org/10.1080%2F00236568408584749). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0023-656X](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0023-656X). ## See also - [Wisconsin idea](/source/Wisconsin_idea) v t e University of Wisconsin–Madison Located in: Madison, Wisconsin Founded: 1848 Schools Agricultural and Life Sciences Business Education Engineering Human Ecology Journalism and Mass Communication Law Letters and Science Music Medicine and Public Health Public Affairs Campus Abraham's Woods Agriculture Hall Allen Centennial Gardens Arboretum Bascom Hill Chamberlin Hall Chazen Museum of Art Dairy Barn DeLuca Biochemistry Building Geology Museum Heating Station Lake Mendota Lakeshore Nature Preserve Lathrop Hall Law Building Memorial Union North Hall Pine Bluff Observatory Space Science and Engineering Center Red Gym Science Hall State Street Stock Pavilion Synchrotron Radiation Center Union South Washburn Observatory Weinert Center Wisconsin Union Theater Athletics Teams Baseball Basketball (m) Basketball (w) Crew Football Ice hockey (m) Ice hockey (w) Soccer (m) Soccer (w) Softball Track and field Volleyball (w) Venues Camp Randall Field House Kohl Center LaBahn Arena University Ridge Golf Course Bucky Badger Grateful Red Rivalries Paul Bunyan's Axe Heartland Trophy History Camp Randall Experimental College Past Chancellors Sifting and winnowing Single-grain experiment Slab of Bacon Sterling Hall bombing Teaching Assistants Association WHA Wisconsin Idea Wisconsin Idea Theatre Wisconsin school Wisconsin School (diplomatic history) Media and publications The Badger Herald The Daily Cardinal Scandinavian Studies UW Press The Wisconsin Engineer Wisconsin Law Review WSUM People Alumni, faculty and staff Academics Athletics Research Biotron Carbone Cancer Center Center for Limnology Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center Helically Symmetric Experiment History of Cartography Project IceCube Neutrino Observatory Law in Action Madison Symmetric Torus McArdle Laboratory Morgridge Institute for Research Pegasus Toroidal Experiment UW Hospital & Clinics Viaspan WIYN Consortium WiCell Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation WISCAPE Wisconsin Energy Institute Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery Student life Fundamentally Sound Grateful Red Hoofers Humorology Iron Shield Society Jump Around MadHatters Marching Band On, Wisconsin! 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