George J. Stigler, 1911-1991

Stigler won the Nobel memorial prize in 1982.

Major Works of George J. Stigler

• "Social Welfare and Differential Prices", 1938, JPE.
• "Production and Distribution in the Short Run", 1939, JPE.
• "Notes on the Theory of Duopoly", 1940, JPE.
• Production and Distribution Theories: The formative period, 1941.
• "The Economics of Minimum Wage Legislation", 1946, AER.
• The Theory of Price, 1946.
• "The Kinky Oligopoly Demand Curve and Rigid Prices", 1947, JPE.
• "Professor Lester and the Marginalists", 1946, AER.
• Trends in Output and Employment, 1947.
• "Notes on the History of the Giffen Paradox", 1947, JPE.
• "A Survey of Contemporary Economics", 1949, JPE.
• "The Development of Utility Theory", 1950, JPE.
• Employment and Compensation in Education, 1950.
• "The Division of Labor is Limited by the Extent of the Market", 1951, JPE.
• "The Ricardian Theory of Value and Distribution", 1952, JPE.
• "Sraffa's Ricardo", 1953, AER.
• "The Early History of Empirical Studies of Consumer Behavior", 1954, JPE.
• "The Nature and Role of Originality in Scientific Progress", 1955, Economica.
• "Mergers and Preventive Anti-Trust Policy", 1955, Penn Law Review.
• "Perfect Competition, Historically Contemplated", 1957, JPE.
• "Ricardo and the 93 Per Cent Labor Theory of Value", 1958, AER.
• "Economies of Scale", 1958, JLawE.
• "Bernard Shaw, Sidney Webb and the Theory of Fabian Socialism", 1959, Proceedings of American Philosphical Society.
• "The Politics of Political Economists", 1959, QJE.
• "Prometheus Incorporated: Conformity or coercion?", 1960, in Spiller, editor, Social Control in a Free Society.
• "The Influence of Events and Policies on Economic Theory", 1960, AER.
• "The Economics of Information", 1961, JPE.
• "What Can Regulators Regulate? The case of electricity", 1962, JLawE.
• "Henry L. Moore and Statistical Economics", 1962, Econometrica.
• The Intellectual and the Marketplace, 1963.
• "Public Regulation of the Securities Markets", 1964, J of Business.
• "A Theory of Oligopoly", 1964, JPE.
• "The Dominant Firm and the Inverted Umbrella", 1965, JLawE.
• Essays in the History of Economics, 1965.
• "The Economist and the State", 1965, AER.
• "The Economic Effects of the Antitrust Laws", 1966, JLawE.
• The Organization of Industry, 1968.
• "Why Have the Socialists Been Winning?", 1969, Ordo.
• "Does Economics Have a Useful Past?" 1969, HOPE.
• "Smith's Travels on the Ship of State", 1971, HOPE.
• "The Theory of Economic Regulation", 1971, Bell JE.
• "The Adoption of Marginal Utility Theory", 1972, HOPE.
• "Economic Competition and Political Competition", 1972, Public Choice.
• "Free Riders and Collective Action", 1974, Bell JE.
• "The Goals of Economic Policy", 1975, JLawE.
• The Citizen and the State, 1975.
• "Do Economists Matter?", 1976, Southern EJ.
• "The Pattern of Citation Practices in Economics", with C. Friedland, 1979, JPE.
• "Economics or Ethics", 1981, Tanner Lectures.
• "The Economists and the Problem of Monopoly", 1982, AER.
• The Economist as Preacher: and other essays, 1982.
• "The Process and Progress of Economics", 1983, JPE.
• Memoirs of an Unregulated Economist, 1985. - review

Resources on George J. Stigler

• Autobiography of Stigler at Nobel site.
• Press release of Nobel award (1982).
• "Stigler's Gauntlet" by Robert Leeson
• "The Chicago Counter-Revolution and the Sociology of Knowledge" by Robert Leeson, 1997
• Region's interview with Stigler.
• "George J. Stigler, 1911-1991: Biographical Memoir" by Milton Friedman, 1998, at NAS (pdf version)
• "George J. Stigler, 1911-1991" by Milton Friedman, 1999, Biographical Memoirs (gif format)
• The George J. Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State at the University of Chicago
• "Stigler wins Nobel Prize", 1982, Boston Globe
• "White House Reception for Stigler", 1982, Boston Globe
• Stigler Page at Britannica.com
• Stigler Page at Britannica Guide to the Nobel Prizes
• Stigler Page at Nobel Prize Internet Archive
• Stigler at Bartleby
• Stigler at NAS
• Stigler Page at Laura Forgette
• Stigler page