I went to elementary school in Ottawa, and then to a private secondary school. Douglass North elementaryottawaprivate Change image and share on social
I went back to graduate school with the clear intention that what I wanted to do with my life was to improve societies, and the way to do that was to find out what made economies work the way they did or fail to work. Douglass North backcleareconomy share on social
When it came time to go to college, I had been accepted for Harvard when my father was offered the position of head of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company office on the west coast, and we moved to San Francisco. Douglass North acceptcoastcollege share on social
It was not until I got my first job, at the University of Washington in Seattle, and began playing chess with Don Gordon, a brilliant young theorist, that I learned economic theory. Douglass North beginbrilliantchess Change image and share on social
My record at the University of California as an undergraduate was mediocre to say the best. Douglass North californiamediocrerecord Change image and share on social
What the war did was give me the opportunity of three years of continuous reading, and it was in the course of reading that I became convinced that I should become an economist. Douglass North continuousconvinceeconomist Change image and share on social
My brother and sister are both older than I am and were born before my father went off to World War I. Douglass North bearbrotherfather Change image and share on social
I had hoped to go to law school, but the war started, and because of the strong feeling that I did not want to kill anybody, I joined the Merchant Marine when I graduated from Berkeley. Douglass North berkeleyfeltgraduate Change image and share on social
My wife and I now live in the summers in northern Michigan in an environment which is wonderfully conducive to research, and where most of my work in the last 15 years has been done. Douglass North conduciveenvironmentlive Change image and share on social
