Stanley Engerman

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Stanley Lewis Engerman (born March 14, 1936) is an economist and economic historian at the University of Rochester. He received his Ph.D. in economics in 1962 from Johns Hopkins University. Engerman is known for his quantitative historical work along with Nobel prize winning economist Robert Fogel. His first major book, co-authored with Robert Fogel in 1974, was Time on the Cross: The Economics of American Negro Slavery. This significant work, winner of the Bancroft Prize in American history, challenged readers to think critically about the economics of slavery. Dr. Engerman has also published over 100 articles and has authored, co-authored or edited 16 book-length studies.

Engerman served as President of the Social Science History Association as well as President of the Economic History Association.

Prof. Engerman currently teaches Economics of Sports and Entertainment at the University of Rochester.

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♦ In their paper “History Lessons: Institutions, Factor Endowments, and Paths of Development in the New World,” Kenneth L. Sokoloff an Stanley L. Engerman present an argument that the differences are largely attributed to initial inequalities that have tended to carry over to the present time. [1]