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    Douglass Cecil North (November 5, 1920 – November 23, 2015) was an American economist known for his work in economic history. Along with Robert Fogel,...
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  • Douglass may refer to: Douglass (surname) Douglass family, family of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass (1818–1895), noted abolitionist Douglass Dumbrille...
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    Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, c. February 1817 or February 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer,...
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    York, by abolitionist Frederick Douglass. The paper commenced publication on December 3, 1847, and ceased as The North Star in June 1851, when it merged...
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    Pitts Douglass (1838–1903) was an American suffragist, known for being the second wife of Frederick Douglass. She also created the Frederick Douglass Memorial...
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    Frederick Douglass, an American Slave is an 1845 memoir and treatise on abolition written by African-American orator and former slave Frederick Douglass during...
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    and conventions. Douglass North argues that institutions are "humanly devised constraints that shape interaction". According to North, they are critical...
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    Anna Murray Douglass (1813 – August 4, 1882) was an American abolitionist, member of the Underground Railroad, and the first wife of American social reformer...
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  • with Simon Johnson, and the authors also note the great influence of Douglass North's work on their views. The authors support their position by analyzing...
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  • Frederick Douglass was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. Frederick Douglass may also refer to: Frederick...
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  • exchange than individuals are. Economists such as Oliver Williamson, Douglass North, Oliver Hart, Bengt Holmström, Arman Alchian and Harold Demsetz expanded...
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    institutional economics. His influences include Joel Mokyr, Kenneth Sokoloff, Douglass North, Seymour Martin Lipset, and Barrington Moore. Published by Cambridge...
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    and north of 110th Street/Frederick Douglass Circle, it is known as Frederick Douglass Boulevard before merging onto Harlem River Drive north of 155th...
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    Joseph Henry Douglass (July 3, 1871 – December 7, 1935) was an American concert violinist, the son of Charles Remond Douglass and Mary Elizabeth Murphy...
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    mother was Anna Murray Douglass and her father was Frederick Douglass. Rosetta was born to Anna Murray-Douglass and Frederick Douglass in 1839, in New Bedford...
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  • the field of sociology; in economics, the Nobel Prize-winning work of Douglass North is a noted example. More-recent work has begun to emphasize multiple...
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    555. The first settlement was made at Douglass in 1869. Douglass is named for its founder, Joseph W. Douglass, a storeowner who was fatally shot at the...
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  • which both the autocrat and the subjects benefit over the alternative. Douglass North, John Joseph Wallis, and Barry R. Weingast describe autocracies as natural...
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    Washington Bailey Douglass Jr. (March 3, 1842 – July 26, 1892) was the second son of Frederick Douglass and his wife Anna Murray Douglass. Born in New Bedford...
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  • Frederick Douglass Academy (also known as FDA), is a co-educational public school for grades 6-12 located in West Harlem, New York City. The school offers...
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    his first wife Anna Murray Douglass. Lewis Henry Douglass was born on 9 October 1840 in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Douglass was well educated and as a...
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    Social Progress Imperative, and is based on the writings of Amartya Sen, Douglass North, and Joseph Stiglitz. The SPI measures the well-being of a society by...
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    Remond Douglass (October 21, 1844 – November 23, 1920) was the third and youngest son of Frederick Douglass and his first wife Anna Murray Douglass. He was...
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    was an American economic historian and scientist, and winner (with Douglass North) of the 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. As of his death...
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  • institutionalist scholars are Peter Hall, Paul Pierson, Theda Skocpol, Douglass North, and Kathleen Thelen. Prominent works of historical institutionalist...
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  • Cadwallader Douglass (born November 17, 2001) is an American competitive swimmer. A versatile swimmer who competes in many events, Douglass won her first...
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    Allen Sharp Toni Morrison Nelson Mandela; F. W. de Klerk Robert Fogel; Douglass North 1994 Bertram Brockhouse; Clifford Shull George Andrew Olah Alfred G...
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    Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (Physics – 1991) Robert Fogel (Economics – 1993) Douglass North (Economics – 1993) Harry Kroto (Chemistry – 1996) William Vickrey (Economics...
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  • scholar of children's literature Bruce Nelson '58, history professor Douglass North '38, Nobel Laureate in Economics Victoria Nuland '79, U.S. ambassador...
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    Earl Douglass (October 28, 1862 – January 13, 1931) was an American paleontologist who discovered the dinosaur Apatosaurus, playing a central role in one...
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