“Economists have their glories, but i do not believe that antitrust law is one of them.”
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Famous George Stigler Quotes
“My teaching began in 1936 at Iowa State College where T. W. Schultz was the department chairman.”
Source: A Dialogue on the Proper Economic Role of the State
“The main insight learned from interdisciplinary studies is the return to specialization”
“Stigler's Law: No scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer.”
“Theories are not rejected by cirsumstantial evidence: it takes a theory to beat a theory.”
“There is only one social science and we are its practitioners”
“It was in the 1960s that I began the detailed study of public regulation.”
“If you never miss a plane, you’re spending too much time at the airport.”