Clair Wilcox was an American economist. He was on the faculty of Swarthmore College

Swarthmore College

Swarthmore College is a private, independent, liberal arts college in the United States with an enrollment of about 1,500 students. The college is located in the borough of Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 11 miles southwest of Philadelphia....

 from 1927 to 1968. He chaired the International Trade Conference, which resulted in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade was negotiated during the UN Conference on Trade and Employment and was the outcome of the failure of negotiating governments to create the International Trade Organization . GATT was signed in 1947 and lasted until 1993, when it was replaced by the World...

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Wilcox was born in Cuba, N.Y., and obtained his B.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.
Before coming to Swarthmore, Wilcox taught at Lafayette, Ohio Wesleyan and the University of Pennsylvania. He wrote a monumental book on government regulation of business entitled: Public Policies Toward Business.

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