"The Chicago Economics Department was in intellectual ferment, although the central issues of the 1930's were very different from those in later times. I had never before encountered minds of that quality at close quarters and they influenced me strongly"
- George Stigler
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This quote by George Stigler speaks to the intellectual atmosphere of the Chicago Economics Department in the 1930s. Stigler was impressed by the quality of the minds he experienced there, and the concerns they talked about were various from those of later times. This suggests that the Chicago Economics Department was a hub of innovative thought and dispute, which Stigler was motivated by the concepts and conversations he experienced there. The quote likewise implies that the department was ahead of its time, as the problems they talked about were not typical knowledge up until later. Stigler's experience at the Chicago Economics Department was clearly a formative one, and it is clear that he was deeply influenced by the minds he came across there.
This quote is written / told by George Stigler between January 17, 1911 and December 1, 1991. He/she was a famous Economist from USA.
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