Larry Sjaastad, The Last Chicagoan

摘要

In 2004 Larry Sjaastad retired after 42 years from teaching economics at The University of Chicago. This paper marks that occasion by providing some little-known biographical information about Larry, discusses his research, activities in Latin America, his role as a teacher, his place in Chicago economics, and Larry as a person. In what follows, I draw on a book of letters from 72 of Larry's former students and colleagues that was presented to him in July 2004 at The University of Western Australia (Clements and Tcha, 2004a,b); these letters provide considerable insight into Larry and his career.