Richard Charles Sutch (born 1942 - 2019) was a professor of economics at the

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. He is noted for his work on the economic analysis of

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and

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. He was awarded a "Clio" Award For Exceptional Support to the Field of

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, by the

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and his work has received recognition by the

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via its awarding him the ''Arthur H. Cole Prize'' for the Outstanding Article in ''

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''. Over the period 1989-1990 he served as the president of the Economic History Association.

Selected publications

* * Sutch, Richard with Thomas G. Rawski, Susan B. Carter, Jon S. Cohen, Stephen Cullenberg, Peter H. Lindert, Donald N. McCloskey, and Hugh Rockoff. (1996) '' Economics and the Historian'', Berkeley:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sutch, Richard 1942 births Living people 21st-century American economists MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences alumni Economic historians University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences alumni Presidents of the Economic History Association