The Chicago School: How the University of Chicago Assembled the Thinkers Who Revolutionized Economics and Business Contributor(s): Van Overtveldt, Johan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1932841199 ISBN-13: 9781932841190 Publisher: Agate B2
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: January 2009 Annotation: When Richard Nixon said "We are all Keynesians now" in 1971, few could have predicted that the next three decades would result in a complete transformation of the global economic landscape. The transformation was led by a small, relatively obscure group within the University of Chicago's business school and its departments of economics and political science. These thinkers -- including Milton Friedman, Gary Becker, George Stigler, Robert Lucas, and others -- revolutionized economic orthodoxy in the second half of the 20th century, dominated the Nobel Prizes awarded in economics, and changed how business is done around the world. Written by a leading European economic thinker, "The Chicago School" is the first in-depth look at how this remarkable group came together. Exhaustively detailed, it provides a close recounting of the decade-by-decade progress of the Chicago School's evolution. As such, it's an essential contribution to the intellectual history of our time. |
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BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - Theory - Business & Economics | Economic History |
Dewey: 330.155 |
LCCN: 2005037373 |
Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6.16" W x 8.94" L (1.26 lbs) 432 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
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Publisher Description: When Richard Nixon said "We are all Keynesians now" in 1971, few could have predicted that the next three decades would result in a complete transformation of the global economic landscape. The transformation was led by a small, relatively obscure group within the University of Chicago's business school and its departments of economics and political science. These thinkers -- including Milton Friedman, Gary Becker, George Stigler, Robert Lucas, and others -- revolutionized economic orthodoxy in the second half of the 20th century, dominated the Nobel Prizes awarded in economics, and changed how business is done around the world. Written by a leading European economic thinker, The Chicago School is the first in-depth look at how this remarkable group came together. Exhaustively detailed, it provides a close recounting of the decade-by-decade progress of the Chicago School's evolution. As such, it's an essential contribution to the intellectual history of our time. |
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