My interests were aroused, and my faith in the cliches of the subject destroyed, as so often with other subjects, by the discussions with my friend, Aaron Director.
George StiglerMy main graduate training was received at the University of Chicago from which I received the Ph.D. in 1938.
George StiglerThe main insight learned from interdisciplinary studies is the return to specialization
George Stigler...it is distressing how often one can guess the answer given to an economic question merely by knowing who asks it.
George StiglerHenry Ford made a lot of money making cars at one time, but that was a small advantage to him compared to the benefit to millions of people who for the first time in their lives were emancipated from common public carriers and could live where they wanted, move at the hours they wanted, to the places they wanted. Ford collected a billion bucks, but that was peanuts compared to the benefits.
George Stigler