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“That subject has lost its one time appeal to economists as our science has become more abstract, but my interest has even grown more intense as the questions raised by the sociology of science became more prominent.”

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George Stigler, born on January 17, 1911, in Chicago, Illinois, and died on December 1, 1991, was an American economist and a Nobel laureate. He is known for his contributions to the fields of industrial organization, economic history, and econometrics. more

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