The Economic Approach: Unpublished Writings of Gary S. Becker de Gary S. Becker

The Economic Approach: Unpublished Writings of Gary S. Becker

Autor Gary S. Becker Editat de Julio J. Elias, Casey B. Mulligan, Kevin M. Murphy Cuvânt înainte de Edward Glaeser

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Ceea ce diferențiază The Economic Approach de tratatele economice convenționale este accesul nemijlocit la laboratorul de idei al unui „gigant” intelectual. Spre deosebire de lucrările sale academice riguros șlefuite, acest volum publicat de University of Chicago Press reunește manuscrise inedite care dezvăluie procesul gândirii lui Gary S. Becker, un economist care nu a fost motivat de numărul publicațiilor, ci de o curiozitate neobosită. Ne-a atras atenția modul în care autorul aplică logica economică asupra unor subiecte aparent intangibile: de la mecanismele de persuasiune și îndoctrinare în familie, până la analiza pieței drogurilor și a dependenței.

Descoperim aici o structură clară, organizată pe piloni fundamentali ai operei sale: formarea gusturilor, producția casnică, capitalul uman și inegalitatea veniturilor. Cititorul care a aplicat deja conceptele din Human Capital va găsi în aceste pagini o extensie fascinantă, ce completează teoria investiției în educație cu perspective noi despre asigurarea capitalului uman necomercial și relația dintre școlarizarea părinților și succesul copiilor. Găsim în această carte o continuare firească a temelor din Uncommon Sense, însă într-un format mai tehnic, destinat mediului academic și profesioniștilor care doresc să înțeleagă rădăcinile „abordării economice” a comportamentului uman.

Prin parcurgerea textelor, de la discursul de acceptare a premiului Bradley până la teoriile redistribuirii veniturilor, volumul oferă o imagine de ansamblu asupra modului în care Becker a transformat microeconomia dintr-o disciplină a piețelor financiare într-un instrument de analiză a vieții sociale. Este o lectură care nu doar informează, ci instruiește cititorul în utilizarea unui model rațional pentru a descifra complexitatea deciziilor cotidiene.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780226827209
ISBN-10: 0226827208
Pagini: 184
Ilustrații: 8 line drawings
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.44 kg
Ediția:First Edition
Editura: University of Chicago Press
Colecția University of Chicago Press

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Recomandăm această carte cercetătorilor și studenților la economie care doresc să înțeleagă geneza ideilor lui Gary Becker. Veți câștiga o perspectivă rară asupra modului în care un laureat Nobel formulează ipoteze despre familie, educație și comportament social înainte ca acestea să devină teorii consacrate. Este o resursă esențială pentru oricine vrea să aplice rigoarea economică în sociologie sau politici publice.

Despre autor

Gary S. Becker (1930–2014) a fost unul dintre cei mai influenți economiști ai secolului XX, laureat al Premiului Nobel pentru Economie în 1992. Profesor la Universitatea din Chicago timp de peste patru decenii, Becker a revoluționat domeniul prin extinderea analizei microeconomice către comportamente umane considerate anterior aparținând sociologiei sau psihologiei. A fost distins cu Medalia Presidentială a Libertății și Medalia John Bates Clark, opera sa rămânând un pilon fundamental în studiul capitalului uman, al familiei și al criminalității.

Descriere scurtă

Now in paperback, a revealing collection from the intellectual titan whose work shaped the modern world.
As an economist and public intellectual, Gary S. Becker was a giant. The recipient of a Nobel Prize, a John Bates Clark Medal, and a Presidential Medal of Freedom, Becker is widely regarded as the greatest microeconomist in history.
After forty years at the University of Chicago, Becker left a slew of unpublished writings that used an economic approach to human behavior, analyzing such topics as preference formation, rational indoctrination, income inequality, drugs and addiction, and the economics of family.
These papers unveil the process and personality—direct, critical, curious—that made him a beloved figure in his field and beyond. The Economic Approach examines these extant works as a capstone to the Becker oeuvre—not because the works are perfect, but because they offer an illuminating, instructive glimpse into the machinations of an economist who wasn’t motivated by publications. Here, and throughout his works, an inquisitive spirit remains remarkable and forever resonant.

Notă biografică

Gary S. Becker (1930–2014) was University Professor at the University of Chicago with a joint appointment in both the economics and sociology departments. He was the author of many books, including Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis and The Economics of Discrimination. He collaborated with Richard Posner on the Becker-Posner Blog, which formed the basis for their book Uncommon Sense: Economic Insights, from Marriage to Terrorism. Becker was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1992 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007. Julio J. Elias is professor of economics, director of the master of economics, and executive director of the Joint Initiative for Latin American Experimental Economics at the University of CEMA, Argentina. Casey B. Mulligan is professor in the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics and program director at the Initiative on Enabling Choice and Competition in Healthcare at the University of Chicago. Kevin M. Murphy is George J. Stigler Distinguished Service Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics and the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago.

Cuprins

Foreword by Edward Glaeser

1. Just the Beginning
Acceptance Speech at Bradley Award Ceremony, June 4, 2008
The Spirit of the University of Chicago, September 14, 2010

2. Accounting for Tastes
Preference Formation within Families, June 1992
Rational Indoctrination and Persuasion, March 2001
Some Notes on Drugs, Addiction, Families, and Public Policy, May 2000
Promotion Tournaments, Power, Earnings, and Gambling, July 1991

3. Household Production and Human Capital
Should the Military Pay for Training of Skilled Personnel? August 15, 1957
Further Reflections on the Allocation of Time, February 2014
The Insurance of Market and Nonmarket Human Capital, November 1980
On Whether Intergenerational Mobility Has Declined in US While Inequality Has Increased, March 2012
Derivation of Relation Between Schooling of Parents and Children and Inequality, April 2012

4. Income Inequality and the Public Sector
A Positive Theory of the Redistribution of Income, April 1978
A Note on Optimal First Best Taxation and the Optimal Distribution of Utilities, 1982

5. Family Economics
Economics and the Family, September 21, 1999

Chronological Academic Life of Gary S. Becker
Selected Writings about Gary S. Becker
Bibliography of Gary S. Becker
Dissertations Chaired by Gary S. Becker at Columbia University and the University of Chicago

Acknowledgments
Notes
Index

Recenzii

“The Economic Approach is a fascinating collection of Gary S. Becker's unpublished works with additional, insightful commentary on both his life and the works contained in this book. . . .The Economic Approach succeeds in giving readers at different educational levels in economics an understanding of how economics can be used as a method of inquiry into all kinds of human behavior. . . .While Becker's finished works and the published works of many other economists also cover these topics, this book's unique contribution is revealing Becker's thought process through his still-in-progress writings. . . .Highly recommended.”

"We have been granted a lucky bonus after studying the finished books and papers that Becker published. . . .The Economic Approach gives us a glimpse of the way Becker's thoughts evolved when faced with a knotty problem: here we have sketches of the models that he so solidly built with the help of calculus. Statistical intuition is implicit. He was making them ready for empirical observation and testing."

"The Economic Approach is superb from start to finish. A wonderful tribute to a pathbreaking intellect."

"Gary Becker is one of the greatest economists of all time. The Economic Approach is perhaps the best place to start dipping into his work."

"What a tremendous book! Becker was a giant, with an extraordinary combination of intense focus and curiosity, and you can see his genius here. Be prepared to be surprised and illuminated—and to have some fun in the process.”