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D. Gale Johnson (1916–2003)

In: The Palgrave Companion to Chicago Economics

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  • Daniel A. Sumner

    (University of California, Davis)

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D. Gale Johnson spent about six decades on the faculty of the University of Chicago. He was universally respected and widely honoured, including serving as President of the American Economic Association. Johnson’s first book, Forward Prices for Agriculture, argued for less intrusive government policies for farm prices in the 1940s while World Agriculture in Disarray, published a few decades later, documented how farm subsidies and trade barriers in rich countries distorted opportunities for farmers in poor countries. Johnson applied economic reasoning to an array of practical problems such as migration of poor farmers from the US South in the 1950s and incentives in Soviet collective farms. He contributed to Chicago economics as a leader, along with Theodore Schultz, of the programme in agricultural economics. Johnson also served the University of Chicago in many roles, including Chair of the Economics Department, Dean of Social Sciences and Provost.

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  • Daniel A. Sumner, 2022. "D. Gale Johnson (1916–2003)," Springer Books, in: Robert A. Cord (ed.), The Palgrave Companion to Chicago Economics, chapter 24, pages 595-634, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-031-01775-9_24
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-01775-9_24
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