Two Giants
By 
Kenneth J. Arrow, professor of economics, in his office.
Credit: Chuck Painter / Stanford News Service
Two of the most important social scientists of the 20th century, whose work remains highly illuminating in the 21st, died this week. First, the Nobel-prize winning economist Ken Arrow, who was enormously and justly influential. Most relevant to contemporary American politics is his still-definitive explanation for why markets in health care don’t work.
Also dying this week was Ted Lowi, one of the true greats of political science. R.I.P.