Irving Fisher
Type: Person
As of November 2026, Irving Fisher has been mentioned in 2 episodes across 1 podcast, first heard Oct 2023 on Knowing Better. Cited as a prominent eugenicist connected to Kellogg’s Race Betterment Foundation and the Eugenics Record Office, reinforcing the episode’s argument about Kellogg’s broader…
Irving Fisher was an American economist, statistician, inventor, eugenicist and progressive social campaigner. He was one of the earliest American neoclassical economists, though his later work on debt deflation has been embraced by the post-Keynesian school. Joseph Schumpeter described him as "the greatest economist the United States has ever produced", an assessment later repeated by James Tobin and Milton Friedman.
| Mentioned in | 2 episodes on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Oct 2023 on Knowing Better |
| Role | Economist; public health advocate (historical) |
| Affiliation | Yale University (faculty); American Eugenics Society (president, per episode) |
What do podcasts say about Irving Fisher?
2 quotes, recorded on Knowing Better.
Irving Fisher was a prominent eugenicist who helped create the Race Betterment Foundation.
Knowing Better · · Hear itIrving Fisher would go on to become the president of the American Eugenics Society.
Knowing Better · · Hear it
Who talks about Irving Fisher on podcasts?
Irving Fisher came up; the most recent mention was Nov 2023 on Knowing Better.
- Four Times a Day | John Harvey Kellogg on Knowing Better (Nov 2023)
- The Cure for Literally Everything | Vegetarianism on Knowing Better (Oct 2023)
What is Irving Fisher mentioned alongside?
Worked with: John Harvey Kellogg
Affiliated with: John Harvey Kellogg