Clement Lowell Harriss (1912–2009) was an American economist, a past president of the National Tax Association and a former executive director of the Academy of Political Science.
Upon graduating from Harvard, he was awarded a Sheldon Fellowship which funded his travel for 13 months throughout Europe, Turkey, the Balkans, and Northern Africa.
[4] Gift Taxation in the U.S. (1940) History and Policies of the Home Owners Loan Corporation[permanent dead link] (1951) The American Economy: Principles, Practices, Policies (1953) The Good Earth of America (1974) Money and Banking (1961) Economics (1966) Constitutional Restrictions on Property Taxing and Borrowing Powers In New York (1967) Innovations in Tax Policy and Other Essays (1972) Inflation: Long-Term Problems (1973) Government Spending and Land Values (1973) The Property Tax and Local Finance (1983)[5] The Control of Federal Spending (1985) He was a member of the American Economic Association, the Mont Pelerin Society and the Royal Economic Society.
Stein wrote that "a huge amount of what is my stock in trade as an economist and writer about economics came from that man.
"[8] The American Institute for Economic Research established a memorial scholarship program in his honor to be "given to enrolled students who have demonstrated innovative and creative accomplishments in businesses they are operating while attending college.
"[9] The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, where Harriss had served on the board of directors, established a dissertation fellowship program in his name.