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|content=@ubfid Hi Fergus. The Stigler quotes come from the 'Eureka!' chapter in his autobiography: http://bit.ly/CoaseStigler | |content=@ubfid Hi Fergus. The [[George Stigler|Stigler]] quotes come from the 'Eureka!' chapter in his autobiography: http://bit.ly/CoaseStigler | ||
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|content="Economists could not understand how so fine an economist as [[Ronald Coase|Coase]] could make so obvious a mistake." -UChicago [[Peer Review|peer reviews]] [[Ronald Coase|Coase]] [Stigler] | |content="Economists could not understand how so fine an economist as [[Ronald Coase|Coase]] could make so obvious a mistake." -UChicago [[Peer Review|peer reviews]] [[Ronald Coase|Coase]] ['''Stigler'''] | ||
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|content="[After] 2 hours of argument, the vote went from 20 against and 1 for [[Ronald Coase|Coase]] to 21 for [[Ronald Coase|Coase]]." -Chicago Econ. reviews itself. [Stigler] | |content="[After] 2 hours of argument, the vote went from 20 against and 1 for [[Ronald Coase|Coase]] to 21 for [[Ronald Coase|Coase]]." -Chicago Econ. reviews itself. ['''Stigler'''] | ||
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