an outspoken critic of British Classical Economics. Progressive Era economists focused on making economics compatible with morality, and sought to institute governmental regulations which were favorable to large corporations. Jenks toured the world for the War Department from 1901-1902, where he examined how dependent colonial governments operated financially. He made many other trips around the world as a member of the Commission on International Exchange, where he researched colonial policy and the gold standard in countries all over the world. Based on these experiences, Jenks wrote a chapter in Henry Cabot Lodge’s book Colonies of the World. Progressive economists and Jenks founded the American Economic Association, where he served as president from 1906 - 1907. One of the association's goals was the “development of legislative policy”, which radical for its time as many of the old school economists of the time still strongly believed in the idea of strict laissez-faire economics. The reformist ideology of the American Economic Association affected his work as a member of the National Civic Federation (NCF). The National Civic Federation was a business-dominated organization that aligned with the ideologies of reformist minded economists like Jenks, as it sought to implement uniform state legislation on multiple issues including worker's compensation, child labor, and taxation. Additionally, the NCF gave Jenks his first exposure to immigration issues, as in 1905 he attended a conference that focused on whether immigrant labor from China should be more restricted. He also served as an economic adviser at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. Jenks’ experiences abroad influenced his views on U.S. colonialism. Although many Republican reformers were anti-imperialist, Jenks was an outspoken proponent of US colonialism and expansion. He saw American colonial intervention as a way to offset inefficiencies produced by the native populations, and a way to bring them to the moral standards of America. Jenks’ experiences abroad also gave him the idea that the US had the right to exercise federal power across the globe, particularly when it came to immigration. Politics In the Progressive Era, Jeremiah Jenks was one of the pioneers who set the precedent for the inclusion of professors and academic experts in government. In 1899, Jenks was appointed as an “expert in Asia” for the US treasury, and began traveling to various dependent countries around the world. Jenks’ experience in politics stemmed from his involvement in various economic and immigration research organizations. As a member