Frank Hyneman Knight (November 7, 1885 - April 15, 1972) on Individual and Altruism(published by RevoltSource) |
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American Economist from University of Chicago, Chicago School Founder, Professor of Milton Friedman, George Stigler and James M. Buchanan
: An American economist who spent most of his career at the University of Chicago, where he became one of the founders of the Chicago School. Nobel laureates Milton Friedman, George Stigler and James M. Buchanan were all students of Knight at Chicago. Ronald Coase said that Knight, without teaching him, was a major influence on his thinking. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
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“Probably few civilized men would refuse to die for their fellows if it were clear that the sacrifice were necessary and that it would be effective.”
Source: "Ethics and Economic Interpretation," by Frank Hyneman Knight, Originally published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics 36 (May 1922): 454-81; reprinted in The Ethics of Competition and Other Essays (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1935), 19-40.
"Ethics and Economic Interpretation," by Frank Hyneman Knight, Originally published in the Quarterly Journal of Economics 36 (May 1922): 454-81; reprinted in The Ethics of Competition and Other Essays (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1935), 19-40.
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