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1881–1958 United States

Walton H. Hamilton (October 30, 1881 – October 27, 1958]]) was an American law professor who taught at the Yale Law School (1928–1948), although he was an economist, not a lawyer.

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Also known as: Walton H. Hamilton

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Institutions is a verbal symbol which for want of a better describes a cluster of social usages. It connotes a way of thought or action of some prevalence and permanence, which is embedded in the habits of a group or the customs of a people.

INSTITUTION is a verbal symbol which for want of a better describes a cluster of social usages. It connotes a way of thought or action of some prevalence and permanence, which is embedded in the habits of a group or the customs of a people.

Walton H (1932)

There [is]... a list of five tests which any body of doctrine which aspires to the name of economic theory must be able to meet

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Walton Hale Hamilton (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.