Harold Demsetz

Harold Demsetz (; May 31, 1930 – January 4, 2019) was an American economist. He was a professor of economics at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Demsetz was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a director of the Mont Pelerin Society, and a past (1996) president of the Western Economics Association.

He was known for his works in the Nirvana fallacy.

Demsetz died on January 4, 2019 at the age of 88.In Memoriam: Harold Demsetz, 1930-2019

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