George Stigler
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George Stigler was an American economist who made important contributions to understanding how markets work and how businesses compete, earning the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1982. His ideas shaped modern thinking about regulation, competition, and the way information flows through economies, influencing both academic economics and real-world policy decisions.
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- Born
- 1911
- Died
- 1991-12-01
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- 51
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- The theory of competitive price
- L'economista e l'intellettuale
- Economics or ethics?
- The Adam Smith lectures
- Laissez faire l'etat
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George Joseph Stigler (/ˈstɪɡlər/; January 17, 1911 – December 1, 1991) was an American economist. He was the 1982 laureate in Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences and is considered a key leader of the Chicago school of economics.
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