Clarence Edwin Ayres

Clarence Ayres
Born	(1891-05-06)May 6, 1891 Lowell, Massachusetts
Died	July 24, 1972(1972-07-24) (aged 81) Alamogordo, New Mexico
Nationality	American
Academic career
Field	Institutional economics
School or tradition	Institutional economics
Influences	Thorstein Veblen John Dewey
Contributions	Development of Veblenian dichotomy

Clarence Edwin Ayres (May 6, 1891 – July 24, 1972) was the principal thinker in the Texas school of institutional economics during the middle of the 20th century.