Thomas Stapleford
Program of Liberal Studies
Associate Professor, Program of Liberal Studies
- History of Economics & Capitalism
- History of Science
- Virtue Ethics
- Official Statistics and Democracy
- Generative AI and the Humanities
Stapleford in the News
Chicago Tribune
August 11, 2025
Thomas A. Stapleford is an associate professor in the Program of Liberal Studies at the University of 91勛圖. He is the author of “The Cost of Living in America: A Political History of Economic Statistics, 1880–2000” and is completing a book on “The Ethics of Official Facts.”
The Conversation
August 08, 2025
The Conversation U.S. asked Tom Stapleford, a professor who has written a book on the political history of the U.S. consumer price index, to explain why this move could undermine trust in the indicators the government releases and why that could damage the economy.