Thomas A. Stapleford

Philip Mirowski

Robert Van Horn

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.

New Perspectives on the History of America's Most Powerful Economics Program

Building Chicago Economics

Stapleford interweaves economic theory with political history to show why Americans vest so much authority in the Consumer Price Index.

Thomas A. Stapleford

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