The Debate
University of Chicago Faculty Opinions
Robert Lucas (John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor in Economics), “History and the MFI,” Chicago Maroon, November 4, 2008
Gary Becker (University Professor, Deparments of Economics, Graduate School of Business, and Sociology), “Observations on the Milton Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago,” The Becker-Posner Blog, October 26, 2008
Richard Posner (Senior Lecturer in Law), “The Controversy Over the Milton Friedman Institute,” The Becker-Posner Blog, October 26, 2008
Ira Wool (A.J. Carlson Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), “Letter to President Zimmer”
Bruce Lincoln (Caroline E. Haskell Professor of the History of Religions), “Address to the University Senate,” October 15, 2008
Patchen Markell (Associate Professor of Political Science), “Letter to President Zimmer,” October 17, 2008
Yali Amit Responds (in bold type) to John Cochrane’s latest comments on the CORES petition
Bruce Lincoln (Caroline E. Haskell Professor of the History of Religions), “Friedman’s Legacy Not Worthy of Institute,” Chicago Maroon, October 7, 2008
Clifford Ando (Professor of Classics and the College), “Letter to President Zimmer and Provost Rosenbaum”
Marshall Sahlins (Charles F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Anthropology & of Social Sciences in the College), “Institute Will Give the U. of Chicago a Bad Name,” The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 18, 2008
Yali Amit (Professor of Statistics and Computer Science and the College), “A Response to John Cochrane: Some Modesty Please…,” July 15, 2008
John Cochrane (Myron S. Scholes Professor of Finance), “Comments on the MFI Protest Letter,” July 12, 2008
Economists’ Comments
William K. Tabb’s Message to CORES
James K. Galbraith’s Message to CORES
W. Robert Needham’s Letter to President Zimmer
Paul Davidson’s Response to Provost Rosenbaum’s comment in Thomas Frank’s WSJ piece.
Other Comments
Lindsay Waters (Executive Editor for the Humanities at Harvard University Press and member of the University of Chicago Humanities Division Visiting Committee), “Letter to Martha Roth, University of Chicago Dean of Humanities,” August 30, 2008
Gabriel Robinson (PhD Student in the Divinity School), “Letter to President Zimmer,” August 15, 2008
Alumni Letters to Chicago Magazine