Politická ekonomie 2011, 59(3):407-424 | DOI: 10.18267/j.polek.790

George Stigler - sto let od narození

Marek Loužek
Filosofická fakulta UK a VŠE v Praze.

100 Years Since the Birth of George Stigler

The paper is concerned with the economic theory of George Stigler. First part outlines the life of George Stigler. Second part examines his dissertation "Production and Distribution Theories" (1941). Third part discusses his textbook "The Theory of Price" (1946). Forth part is devoted to his "Essays in the History of Economics" (1965). Fifth part analyzes the work "The Organization of Industry" (1968). Sixth part explains "The Theory of Economic Regulation" (1971). Seventh part discusses Stigler's book "The Citizen and the State" (1975). Eighth part presents his autobiography "Memoirs of an Unregulated Economist" (1988). Stigler has become famous thanks to articles "Economics of Information" (1961) and "Theory of Economic Regulation" (1971), which says that interest groups and other political participants will use the regulatory and coercive powers of government to shape laws and regulations in a way that is beneficial to them.

Keywords: Chicago School of Economics, George Stigler, theory of economic regulation
JEL classification: B21, B31, D21, L10, L51

Published: June 1, 2011  Show citation

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