Gary Becker wins the economics prize for extending microeconomic analysis to many forms of human behaviour. His studies of education, discrimination, family choices and crime treated incentives as relevant beyond conventional markets.
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Gary Stanley Becker
Nobel Prize history for Gary Stanley Becker based on the award records stored in the World History Database.
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Recorded Nobel Prize awards
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