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Douglass C. North

American economist
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Also known as: Douglass Cecil North
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In full:
Douglass Cecil North
Born:
November 5, 1920, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died:
November 23, 2015, Benzonia, Michigan (aged 95)
Awards And Honors:
Nobel Prize (1993)
Notable Works:
“Structure and Change in Economic History”
Subjects Of Study:
cliometrics
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Douglass C. North (born November 5, 1920, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.—died November 23, 2015, Benzonia, Michigan) was an American economist, recipient, with Robert W. Fogel, of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. The two were recognized for their pioneering work in cliometrics—also called “new economic history”—the application of economic theory and statistical methods to the study of history. North studied economics, philosophy, and political science at the University of California, Berkeley (B.A., 1942; Ph.D., 1952). From 1950 he taught economics at the University of Washington, leaving in 1983 to join the faculty of Washington University (St. Louis, Missouri). From 1961 ...(100 of 241 words)

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