Robert Fogel
Robert William Fogel (born July 1, 1926) is an American economic historian and scientist, and winner (with Douglass North) of the 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He is now the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of American Institutions and director of the Center for Population Economics (CPE) at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. He is best known as a leading advocate of New economic history or cliometrics—the use of quantitative methods in history.
Read more about Robert Fogel: Life and Career, Cliometrics and Railroads and American Economic Growth, Slavery and Time On The Cross, The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Recent Work, Work
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