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Building Chicago economics : new perspectives on the history of America's most powerful economics program / edited by Robert Van Horn, Philip Mirowski, Thomas A. Stapleford.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.Description: xxv, 399 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781107013414
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.15/53
Online resources: Summary: "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"--
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 330.1553 BU IL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available T0044100

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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"--

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