Building Chicago Economics: New Perspectives on the History of America's Most Powerful Economics Program (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781107013414)

Over the past forty years, economists associated with the University of Chicago have won more than one-third of the Nobel prizes awarded in their discipline and have been major influences on American public policy. Building Chicago Economics presents the first collective attempt by social science historians to chart the rise and development of the Chicago School during the decades that followed the Second World War. Drawing on new research in published and archival sources, contributors examine the people, institutions, and ideas that established the foundations for the success of Chicago economics and thereby positioned it as a powerful and controversial force in American political and intellectual life.

Author: Robert Van Horn
ISBN-10: 1107013410
ISBN-13: 9781107013414
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/17/2011
Pages: 454
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.55lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.40d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 09/01/2012