Definitions for "Chicago school"
See Ecological theory.
The students or disciples of George Stigler, Milton Friedman, Friedrich von Hayek, and other economists at the University of Chicago; Chicagoists reject governmental intervention in the economy and have a strong preference for markets; they became important in such agencies as the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice during the Reagan administration.
A group of U. S. architects active 1880-1910 and known for major innovations in high rise construction and for the development of modern commercial building design. Architecturally speaking, it was a style that suppressed classical ornament while using materials so as to express their inherent character and the nature of the building's structure.