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Re: Wicksell and Stigler's Law of Eponymy
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Alan G Isaac <[log in to unmask]>
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Societies for the History of Economics <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 25 Feb 2014 10:50:50 -0500
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On 2/25/2014 10:36 AM, michael perelman wrote:
> Does Stigler's law prove that Stigler did not invent Stigler's law?

Quoting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler%27s_law_of_eponymy:
"Stigler named the sociologist Robert K. Merton as the discoverer of "Stigler's law", consciously making "Stigler's law" exemplify itself."

Alan Isaac

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