Warren Joseph Samuels (September 14, 1933 – August 17, 2011[1]) was an American economist and historian of economic thought.
His work was inspired primarily by his "interest in generating greater clarity as to the economic role of government both in the history of economic thought and in contemporary economics".
[2] He described himself as "a self-professed institutionalist (in a blend of several other schools).
"[3] Samuels received the Distinguished Faculty Award from Michigan State University.
He was a founding member of the History of Economics Society, recipient of the Veblen-Commons Award from the Association for Evolutionary Economics and longtime editor of its Journal of Economic Issues.