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Gary Becker

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Also known as Gary Stanley Becker

American economist (1930-2014)

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Gary Becker was an American economist, university teacher, criminologist, and educator. Born in Pottsville in 1930, he was educated at Princeton University and the University of Chicago. He held positions at the University of Chicago and Columbia University. His field of work was economics, and he was influenced by Alfred Marshall, Friedrich Hayek, Jacob Mincer, and Milton Friedman.

Becker received the John Bates Clark Medal, the National Medal of Science, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. He was a member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Mont Pelerin Society. He had one child, Judy Becker. Becker died in Chicago in 2014.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel1992

    “for having extended the domain of microeconomic analysis to a wide range of human behaviour and interaction, including nonmarket behaviour”

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Gary
Family name
Becker
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Pottsville
Place of death
Chicago
Child
Judy Becker
Occupation
educator
Employer
Columbia University
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Field of work
economics
Image
GaryBecker-May24-2008.jpg
Residence
Pottsville
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date of death
2014-05-03
date of birth
1930-12-02
member of
National Academy of Sciences of Argentina
Commons category
Gary Becker
influenced by
Talcott Parsons
name in native language
Gary Becker
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place of burial
Oak Woods Cemetery
interested in
economics
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Encyclopedic overview

Gary Stanley Becker (/ˈbɛkər/; December 2, 1930 – May 3, 2014) was an American economist who received the 1992 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. 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.

Becker was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1992 and received the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007. A 2011 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."

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