Gary Becker

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | 313 words | Copyright

Gary Becker 1930–, American economist. A professor at the Univ. of Chicago, he was awarded the 1992 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for extending the scope of microeconomic analysis. Sociology, demography, criminology, and other areas of market and nonmarket behavior are included in his work.

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