Percy Greaves
| Percy Graves | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 24, 1906 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | August 13, 1984 (aged 77) Irvington, New York, U.S. |
| Political party |
Republican (Before 1976) Libertarian (1976–1980) American (1980–1984) |
| Alma mater |
Syracuse University Columbia University New York University |
Percy L. Greaves Jr. (August 24, 1906 – August 13, 1984) was an American limited free-market economist, historian, and presidential candidate, who, in 1974, Murray 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 from 1934 to 1936. He resigned to take an executive job in Paris; he traveled widely in Europe until he returned to the US 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). Greaves was a longtime associate and friend of Ludwig von Mises, regularly attending his seminars. Greaves was also a seminar speaker for the Foundation for Economic Education. Greaves served on the Institute for Historical Review (IHR) Editorial Advisory Committee and frequently wrote for IHR's The Journal of Historical Review, generally about Pearl Harbor revisionism.
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