Charles Barzillai Spahr

Charles Barzillai Spahr (July 20, 1860 – August 30, 1904) was an American political economist, author, newspaper publisher and editor. He was also prominently identified with University Settlement work.

Spahr was graduated from Amherst College, in 1881. He studied at Leipzig, 1884–85. The honorary degree of Ph.D. was conferred upon him by the School of Political Science, Columbia University, New York City, in 1886. In the same year, he became associate editor of The Outlook,

He was the author of: Present Distribution of Wealth (1896); America's Working People (1900), and essays on "The Taxation of Labor"; "Single Tax", and "Giffeus Case against Bimetallism".

Death Spahr either fell or jumped overboard from the steamer Prince Albert midway between Ostend and Dover on August 30, 1904. He had been suffering from a complication of severe indigestion, and the nervous strain of overwork in his editorial duties; he was traveling for his health.

Selected works Present Distribution of Wealth (1896) America's Working People (1900)

Essays "The Taxation of Labor" "Single Tax" "Giffeus Case against Bimetallism"