Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Robert Fogel
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Robert Fogel, Nobel laureate and economic historian perhaps best known for his work on the economics of slavery, has passed away.
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Daniel Kuehn is a doctoral candidate and adjunct professor in the Economics Department at American University. He has a master's degree in public policy from George Washington University.
One of the things Fogels work does is to remind us constantly that (economic) efficiency need not tell us anything about the morality or justice of economic arrangements (see his great, great book, Without Consent or Contract).
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