Boulding, Kenneth Ewart (1910-1993), was an American economist whose writings have influenced many scholars. He called for a unified social science for the purpose of studying people in relationship to others. This science would integrate economics with political science, sociology, and other fields of study.
Boulding was born on Jan. 18, 1910, in Liverpool, England, and graduated from Oxford University. He became a United States citizen in 1948. Boulding taught at several schools, including Colgate and Edinburgh universities, Iowa State College (now Iowa State University), and the University of Michigan. He joined the faculty of the University of Colorado in 1967. Boulding wrote more than 15 books, including A Reconstruction of Economics (1950) and Economics as a Science (1970). Boulding died on March 19, 1993.
