Percy L. Greaves, Jr.

Who was Percy L. Greaves, Jr.?

Percy L. Greaves, Jr. was an American limited free-market economist, historian, and presidential candidate, who in 1974 Rothbard reported "believes in taxation, and . . . favors the draft" see 'Purity And The Libertarian Party' in The Libertarian Forum, May 1974, pp 3 & 7.

Greaves was born in Brooklyn, New York, on August 24, 1906. He received a B.S. degree, magna cum laude, from the Syracuse University School of Business Administration. He was a graduate student studying economics at Columbia University and New York University. He was financial editor and research economist for the United States News 1934–1936. He resigned to take an executive job in Paris; he traveled widely in Europe until returning to the U.S. in 1938. He directed research and survey activities for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company and did extensive political research.

From 1943 to 1945, Greaves was Research Director for the Republican National Committee. Greaves served as Chief of Minority Staff for the 1945–1946 "Joint Congressional Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack".

He authored several books on economics, including Understanding the Dollar Crisis (1973) and Mises Made Easier (1974).