Reference
Gary Becker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Gary Stanley Becker (born December 2, 1930) is an American economist. A professor at the University of Chicago, he won the 1992 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for "having extended the domain of microeconomic analysis to a wide range of human behavior and interaction, including non-market behavior". He is also a member of the Hoover Institution and the National Bureau of Economic Research. ..."
"Gary Stanley Becker (born December 2, 1930) is an American economist. A professor at the University of Chicago, he won the 1992 Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for "having extended the domain of microeconomic analysis to a wide range of human behavior and interaction, including non-market behavior". He is also a member of the Hoover Institution and the National Bureau of Economic Research. ..."
Biography
Gary S. Becker - Autobiography
At Nobelprize.org
At Nobelprize.org
Awards Received
1992 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, granted by The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
Includes autobrography, prize lecture and banquet speech
Includes autobrography, prize lecture and banquet speech
Associations
Rose-Marie and Jack R. Anderson Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
President, 1990-92, Mont Pelerin Society
Blog
The Becker-Posner Blog
Written jointly with Judge Richard A. Posner
Written jointly with Judge Richard A. Posner
Interviews
Interview with Gary Becker, The Region, Jun 2002
Related Topic: Social Security Tax
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Banking and Policy Issues Magazine
"The present Social Security system is a mixture of an annuity and redistribution system. The redistribution system discourages many people from working at older ages when they are healthy enough and would want to continue working. Social Security gives them an incentive not to work because they are taxed so heavily on their earnings."
Related Topic: Social Security Tax
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Banking and Policy Issues Magazine
"The present Social Security system is a mixture of an annuity and redistribution system. The redistribution system discourages many people from working at older ages when they are healthy enough and would want to continue working. Social Security gives them an incentive not to work because they are taxed so heavily on their earnings."