Harold U. Faulkner (1890-1968) was an American Economic Historian. Born on February 25, 1890 to John Alfred Faulkner and Helen Mae Underwood, he received his B.A. from Wesleyan Uni...view moreHarold U. Faulkner (1890-1968) was an American Economic Historian. Born on February 25, 1890 to John Alfred Faulkner and Helen Mae Underwood, he received his B.A. from Wesleyan University in 1913, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University. He then went on to serve as Associate Professor of History at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. His other published works on economics and history include American Economic History (1924); From Versailles to the New Deal: A Chronicle of the Harding-Coolidge-Hoover Era (1950); and The Decline of Laissez-Faire, 1897-1917 (1951). Professor Faulkner passed away on June 19, 1968 in Northampton, Massachusetts, aged 78.view less