Dorothy Carolin Bacon (February 25, 1902 – November 8, 1998) was an American economist and college professor.

She was an economics professor at Smith College for over thirty years, beginning in 1927, and worked for various federal agencies during her career.

Her father was a physics professor and dean of engineering at Tufts University, and her mother worked as a nurse during the 1918 influenza pandemic.

In 1939, she was among the "leading instructors in economics" who signed a letter opposing a sales tax in Massachusetts.

She consulted for the Brookings Institution in the 1950s, and worked with the National Bureau of Economic Research.