A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens.

All great economists are tall. There are two exceptions: John Kenneth Galbraith and Milton Friedman.

In 1958, I came to Chicago where I have remained.

There is only one social science and we are its practitioners

My main graduate training was received at the University of Chicago from which I received the Ph.D. in 1938.

My teaching began in 1936 at Iowa State College where T. W. Schultz was the department chairman.

I met my wife, Margaret L. Mack, at the University of Chicago. We were married in 1936. She died in 1970.