My teaching began in 1936 at Iowa State College where T. W. Schultz was the department chairman. George Stigler beginchairmancollege Change image and share on social
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 aaronarousecliche Change image and share on social
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 abroadcitizendiscuss share on social
I started working and publishing in price theory by 1938. George Stigler pricepublishstart Change image and share on social
In 1958, I came to Chicago where I have remained. George Stigler chicagoremain Change image and share on social
I met my wife, Margaret L. Mack, at the University of Chicago. We were married in 1936. She died in 1970. George Stigler chicagodiemack Change image and share on social
Even before I came to Chicago, I had gotten interested in the existence of dispersion of prices under conditions which economic theory said would yield a single price. George Stigler chicagoconditiondispersion Change image and share on social
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 1950sdeliverdetermine Change image and share on social
The delicate and intricate pattern of competition and cooperation in the economic behavior of the hundreds of thousands of citizens of Stockholm offers a challenge to the economist that is perhaps as complex as the challenges of the physicist and the chemist. George Stigler behaviorchallengechemist share on social
After the war, I returned to Minnesota, from which I soon moved to Brown University, and a year later, to Columbia University where I remained from 1947 until 1958. George Stigler browncolumbiaminnesota Change image and share on social
