Chicago School economics

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Chicago School economics is a free-market-oriented school of economic thought, centered at the University of Chicago, known for its strong advocacy of limited government intervention, monetarism, and rational expectations.

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instanceOf neoclassical economics tradition
school of economic thought
associatedWithInstitution University of Chicago
associatedWithPerson Arnold Harberger
Eugene Fama
Frank Knight
Gary Becker
Milton Friedman
surface form: George Stigler

Henry Simons
Jacob Viner
James Heckman
Milton Friedman
Judge Richard Posner
surface form: Richard Posner

Robert Fogel
Robert Lucas Jr.
Ronald Coase
Theodore Schultz
associatedWithPlace Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
emergedInPeriod 20th century
field economics
hasCoreIdea analysis of crime using economic incentives
analysis of family behavior using economic models
analysis of political processes using economic tools
belief that inflation is primarily a monetary phenomenon
belief that markets generally allocate resources efficiently
belief that systematic monetary policy cannot systematically manage real output
competition as discovery procedure
cost-benefit analysis of regulation
deregulation of industries
efficient market hypothesis in finance
emphasis on empirical testing of economic theories
emphasis on expectations in determining macroeconomic outcomes
emphasis on individual choice
emphasis on long-run growth over short-run stabilization
emphasis on long-run neutrality of money
emphasis on long-run policy credibility
emphasis on methodological individualism
emphasis on voluntary exchange
focus on consumer welfare standard in antitrust
focus on human capital in labor economics
focus on incentives in policy design
focus on microeconomic foundations of macroeconomics
free-market orientation
importance of property rights
law and economics approach to legal analysis
limited government intervention
limited role for discretionary fiscal policy
market-based solutions to social problems
market-oriented approach to antitrust policy
minimal welfare state
monetarism in monetary policy
natural rate of unemployment concept
opposition to price controls
permanent income hypothesis in consumption theory
preference for simple, testable hypotheses
price system as primary information mechanism
privatization of state-owned enterprises
public choice perspective on government behavior
rational expectations in macroeconomics
rules-based monetary policy
school choice and vouchers in education policy
school of thought in opposition to Keynesianism
skepticism about industrial policy
skepticism toward government regulation
strong belief in market efficiency
support for flexible labor markets
support for floating exchange rates
support for trade liberalization
use of formal mathematical models
use of price theory as unifying analytical framework
view that government failures often exceed market failures
view that regulation is often captured by special interests
influenced law and economics movement
modern macroeconomic policy debates
neoliberal policy reforms
public choice theory
supply-side economics
influencedBy classical liberalism
marginalism
neoclassical price theory
notableConcept Coase theorem
economic analysis of law
efficient market hypothesis
human capital theory
monetarism
natural rate of unemployment
permanent income hypothesis
rational expectations
opposedTo Keynesian demand management policies
extensive price controls
large-scale government intervention in markets

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