Armen Alchian, one of the greatest economists ever died today

The Alchian family said that Armen died in his sleep this morning 
at the age of 98. Alchian was one of the greatest 

and most influential economists ever.  His free market views 

shaped generations of economists.  Alchian had a huge impact 

on anyone who knew him and my life was no different.

"Armen A. Alchian interviews Friedrich A. Hayek"

Armen Alchian was a brilliant professor of mine at UCLA. Here is an interview that he did of F.A. Hayek back in 1978.

Who should get the Nobel Prize for Economics?

Josh Wright has this post pointing to why Armen Alchian and Harold Demsetz should get the prize.

Armen Alchian and Harold Demsetz in the running for the Nobel Prize

Two of my teachers from graduate school are in the running for the Nobel prize in Economics. That would be awesome, but Armen is getting very old so they had better do it soon.