George Henry Soule Jr. (June 11, 1887 – April 14, 1970) was an American labor economist, author, and a long time editor and contributor to The New Republic.

George Soule was born in Stamford, Connecticut on June 11, 1887 and was graduated from Yale University in 1908.

In 1920, Soule helped organize the Labor Bureau, Inc. (LBI), an independent professional group, with Evans Clark, Alfred L. Bernheim, David J. Saposs.

The LBI acted as economic advisers and public relations counselors for labor unions.

[3][4] Soule drafted a report on the labour policy of the Industrial Service Sections Ordnance Department and Air Service for the War Department and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Coast Artillery Corps.