George J. Stigler
AKA George Joseph Stigler
Born: 17-Jan-1911
Birthplace: Renton, WA
Died: 1-Dec-1991
Location of death: Chicago, IL
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Economist
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Economic Theory of Regulation
Father: Joseph Stigler
Mother: Elizabeth Hungler
Wife: Margaret L. Mack (m. 1936, d. 1970, three sons)
Son: Stephen
Son: David
Son: Joseph
University: BA, University of Washington (1931)
University: MBA, Northwestern University (1932)
University: PhD Economics, University of Chicago (1938)
Professor: Iowa State College (1936-38)
Professor: University of Minnesota (1938-46)
Professor: Brown University (1946-47)
Professor: Columbia University (1947-58)
Professor: University of Chicago (1958-91)
American Economic Association President (1964)
Fraser Institute
History of Economics Society President (1977)
Hoover Institution Fellow (1971-91)
Mont Pelerin Society President (1976-78)
National Academy of Sciences 1975
Journal of Political Economy Editor
Nobel Prize for Economics 1982
National Medal of Science 1987
Chicago School Economists
Author of books:
Production and Distribution Theories: 1870-1895 (1941)
The Theory of Competitive Price (1942, economics)
The Cost of Subsistence (1946)
Five Lectures on Economic Problems (1949)
The Economics of Information (1961)
The Intellectual and the Market Place (1964)
Essays in the History of Economic Thought (1965)
The Organization of Industry (1968)
The Citizen and the State (1975)
The Economist as Preacher, and Other Essays (1982)
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