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George Stigler Quotes

My interests were aroused, and my faith in the cliches of the subject destroyed, as so often with other subjects, by the discussions with my friend, Aaron Director Picture Quote #1

A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens Picture Quote #1

And yet I would not freely exchange my science for those of my fellow laureates. They are forever confined in their professional discussions to the small numbers of their fellow scientists Picture Quote #1

I attended schools in Seattle through the University of Washington, from which I was graduated in 1931. I spent the next year at Northwestern University Picture Quote #1

I met my wife, Margaret L. Mack, at the University of Chicago. We were married in 1936. She died in 1970 Picture Quote #1

My teaching began in 1936 at Iowa State College where T. W. Schultz was the department chairman Picture Quote #1

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My interests were aroused, and my faith in the cliches of the subject destroyed, as so often with other subjects, by the discussions with my friend, Aaron Director Picture Quote #1

I started working and publishing in price theory by 1938 Picture Quote #1

It was in the 1960s that I began the detailed study of public regulation Picture Quote #1

Mathematics has no symbols for confused ideas Picture Quote #1

There is only one social science and we are its practitioners Picture Quote #1

In the 1950s, I proposed the survivor method of determining the efficient sizes of enterprises, and worked on delivered price systems, vertical integration, and similar topics Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

... it is distressing how often one can guess the answer given to an economic question merely by knowing who asks it Picture Quote #1

If you never miss a plane, you’re spending too much time at the airport Picture Quote #1

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My interests were aroused, and my faith in the cliches of the subject destroyed, as so often with other subjects, by the discussions with my friend, Aaron Director (George Stigler Quotes) A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens (George Stigler Quotes) And yet I would not freely exchange my science for those of my fellow laureates. They are forever confined in their professional discussions to the small numbers of their fellow scientists (George Stigler Quotes) I attended schools in Seattle through the University of Washington, from which I was graduated in 1931. I spent the next year at Northwestern University (George Stigler Quotes) I met my wife, Margaret L. Mack, at the University of Chicago. We were married in 1936. She died in 1970 (George Stigler Quotes) My teaching began in 1936 at Iowa State College where T. W. Schultz was the department chairman (George Stigler Quotes) My interests were aroused, and my faith in the cliches of the subject destroyed, as so often with other subjects, by the discussions with my friend, Aaron Director. (George Stigler Quotes) I started working and publishing in price theory by 1938 (George Stigler Quotes) It was in the 1960s that I began the detailed study of public regulation (George Stigler Quotes) Mathematics has no symbols for confused ideas (George Stigler Quotes) There is only one social science and we are its practitioners (George Stigler Quotes) In the 1950s, I proposed the survivor method of determining the efficient sizes of enterprises, and worked on delivered price systems, vertical integration, and similar topics (George Stigler Quotes) 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 (George Stigler Quotes) ... it is distressing how often one can guess the answer given to an economic question merely by knowing who asks it (George Stigler Quotes) If you never miss a plane, you’re spending too much time at the airport (George Stigler Quotes)