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Chicagonomics, the evolution of Chicago free market economics, Lanny Ebenstein

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Chicagonomics, the evolution of Chicago free market economics, Lanny Ebenstein

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Chicagonomics

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

898418479

Responsibility statement

Lanny Ebenstein

Sub title

the evolution of Chicago free market economics

Summary

Chicagonomics explores the history and development of classical liberalism as taught and explored at the University of Chicago. Ebenstein's tenth book in the history of economic and political thought, it deals specifically in the area of classical liberalism, examining the ideas of Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman, and is the first comprehensive history of economics at the University of Chicago from the founding of the University in 1892 until the present. The reader will learn why Chicago had such influence, to what extent different schools of thought in economics existed at Chicago, the Chicago tradition, vision, and what Chicago economic perspectives have to say about current economic and social circumstances. Ebenstein enlightens the personal and intellectual relationships among leading figures in economics at the University of Chicago, including Jacob Viner, Frank Knight, Henry Simons, Milton Friedman, George Stigler, Friedrich Hayek, and James Heckman. He recasts classical liberal thought from Adam Smith to the present.--, Provided by Publisher

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Evolution of Chicago free market economics

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