Publication

2011 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England

Language

English

Word Count

99,750 words, Guess

Page Count

399 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC330.15/53
  • LCCHB98.3 .B85 2011

Description

"Over the past forty years, economists associated with the University of Chicago have won more than one-third of the Nobel prizes awarded in their discipline and have been major influences on American public policy. Building Chicago Economics presents the first collective attempt by social science historians to chart the rise and development of the Chicago School during the decades that followed the Second World War. Drawing on new research in published and archival sources, contributors examine the people, institutions, and ideas that established the foundations for the success of Chicago economics and thereby positioned it as a powerful and controversial force in American political and intellectual life"--

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Historical perspectives on modern economics

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