George Stigler

In 1958, I came to Chicago where I have remained.

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.

I started working and publishing in price theory by 1938.

I hate cliche.

I played with Willie Mays and against Hank Aaron. They were tremendous players, but they were no Josh Gibson.

I think that, in almost all human beings, there is buried a profound tribal instinct that makes us very susceptible to being aroused to patriotic fervour.