My early work and publications centered around expanding on the analysis of life insurance in my dissertation and its relationship to investment banking. Douglass North analysisbankcenter Change image and share on social
Our family life was certainly not intellectual. Douglass North familyintellectuallife Change image and share on social
I continue to be a photographer; I have enjoyed fishing and hunting with a close friend; and have owned two ranches, first in northern California and then in the state of Washington. Douglass North californiaclosecontinue Change image and share on social
I learned to fly an airplane, and had my own airplane during the 1960s. Douglass North 1960sairplanefly Change image and share on social
My record at the University of California as an undergraduate was mediocre to say the best. Douglass North californiamediocrerecord Change image and share on social
I went back to graduate school with the clear intention that what I wanted to do with my life was to improve societies, and the way to do that was to find out what made economies work the way they did or fail to work. Douglass North backcleareconomy share on social
I would be remiss if I left the impression that my life has been totally preoccupied with scholarly research. Douglass North impressionleavelife Change image and share on social
The development of a political-economic framework to explore long-run institutional change occupied me during all of the 1980s and led to the publication of Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance in 1990. Douglass North 1980schangedevelopment share on social
When it came time to go to college, I had been accepted for Harvard when my father was offered the position of head of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company office on the west coast, and we moved to San Francisco. Douglass North acceptcoastcollege share on social
I had hoped to go to law school, but the war started, and because of the strong feeling that I did not want to kill anybody, I joined the Merchant Marine when I graduated from Berkeley. Douglass North berkeleyfeltgraduate Change image and share on social
