Frank William Taussig (1859 - 1940) was a U.S. economist and educator. He taught at Harvard for over 50 years as a professor of economics and is credited with creating the foundations of modern trade theory .

He was also the editor of the Quarterly Journal of Economics from 1889 to 1890 and from 1896 to 1935; president of the American Economic Association in 1904 and 1905; and chairperson of the United States Tariff Commission from 1917 to 1919.

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