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Robert Fogel

1926–2013

Robert Fogel (1926–2013) was a Nobel Prize-winning economic historian who revolutionized the field by applying quantitative methods to historical questions. He is best known for his work on the economic impact of railroads and the economics of slavery, challenging conventional wisdom with rigorous data analysis.

Economics

Railroads and American Economic Growth: Essays in Econometric History (1964)
Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery (1974, with Stanley Engerman)
Without Consent or Contract: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery (1989)
The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700–2100: Europe, America, and the Third World (2004)
The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism (2000)
Which Road to the Past? Two Views of History (1983, with G.R. Elton)
Nobel Lecture: Economic Growth, Population Theory, and Physiology: The Bearing of Long-Term Processes on the Making of Economic Policy (1993)

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