George Stigler combined formal economics, pro-market politics, and intellectual self-promotion
Evidence
The person assigned as discussant for Rogge’s paper was the Chicago economist and founding MPS member George Stigler. Stigler would come to occupy an unusual position within the intellectual and political crosscurrents of the Cold War economics profession—we might even characterize his position as unique. He was able to combine an interest in formal models of information, orthodox economics, pro-market politics, and the role of the intellectual in capitalism into something approaching a coherent set of views and practices that he then deployed both inside and outside economics—indeed, inside and outside the academy—all the while claiming to uphold the best traditions of science, and gaining a reputation among even his intellectual antagonists for doing just this. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 104
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: George Stigler uniquely blended information economics, orthodox economics, and pro-market activism — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 104; Stigler believed intellectual popularity and influence worked against each other — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 437; George Stigler, not Friedman, was the key neoliberal theorist of the marketplace of ideas (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- George Stigler uniquely blended information economics, orthodox economics, and pro-market activism
#corroborates(0.95) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 104 - Stigler believed intellectual popularity and influence worked against each other
#contradicts(0.85) — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 437 - George Stigler, not Friedman, was the key neoliberal theorist of the marketplace of ideas
#corroborates(0.80) - Stigler distinguished the economist’s scientific output from his popular advocacy.
#qualifies(0.80) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 147