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 1958, I came to Chicago where I have remained. George Stigler chicagoremain 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
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
The Chicago Economics Department was in intellectual ferment, although the central issues of the 1930's were very different from those in later times. I had never before encountered minds of that quality at close quarters and they influenced me strongly. George Stigler centralchicagoclose 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
Two years later, I went to the University of Minnesota from which I was on leave for several years during the war as a member of Statistical Research Group at Columbia University. George Stigler columbiagroupleave Change image and share on social
My main graduate training was received at the University of Chicago from which I received the Ph.D. in 1938. George Stigler chicagograduatemain 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
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
