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
Thomas Stapleford: The Bureau of Labor Statistics has always been political
August 11, 2025
Thomas A. Stapleford is an associate professor in the Program of Liberal Studies at the University of Notre Dame. 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
Bureau of Labor Statistics tells the US what’s up with the economy – Trump firing its top official may undercut trust in its data
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.