Gary s becker biography
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Gary S. Becker, Nobel-winning scholar of economics and sociology,
Longtime Becker collaborator Kevin Murphy recalled his senior colleague’s love of economics and the University.
“He was devoted to and helped define Chicago Economics, a rich tradition that uses economics to understand and shape the world around us," said Murphy, the George J. Stigler Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the Chicago Booth School of Business. “Gary was an inspiration to several generations of Chicago students—instilling in them the love for economics that he lived and breathed.”
“Gary was an outstanding scholar and a beloved professor. The Booth community has suffered a great loss,” said Chicago Booth Dean Sunil Kumar, the George Pratt Shultz Professor of Operations Management.
Breaking new ground in economics
Becker broke new ground by approaching economics as the study of human behavior. He crossed disciplinary boundaries to apply core economic tenets—maximizing behavior, market equ
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Gary Becker
American economist (–)
Gary Stanley Becker (; December 2, – May 3, ) was an American economist who received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.[1] He was a professor of economics and sociology at the University of Chicago, and was a leader of the third generation of the Chicago school of economics.[2][3]
Becker was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in and received the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom in A survey of economics professors named Becker their favorite living economist over the age of 60, followed by Kenneth Arrow and Robert Solow. Economist Justin Wolfers called him "the most important social scientist in the past 50 years."[4]
Becker was one of the first economists to analyze topics that had been researched in sociology, including racial discrimination, crime, family organization, and rational addiction. He argued that many different types of human behavior can be seen
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Gary Becker
Bio: Gary S. Becker received his BA degree from Princeton University, and has Masters and Ph.D. degrees in economics from the University of Chicago. He taught at Columbia University for twelve years before returning to the University of Chicago in He has honorary degrees from Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Hitotsubashi University, University of Marselles, and many other universities. He fryst vatten a University Professor of Economics and Sociology at the University of Chicago, and is Professor Graduate School of Business. He is also the Rose-Marie and Jack R. Anderson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institute
He won the Nobel Memorial Prize for Economic Science in , the Presidential Medal of Freedom in , the National Medal of Science in , the John Bates Clark Medal of the American Economic Association in , and numerous other awards. He is recognized for his expertise in human capital, economic incentives, economics of the fam