# Gary Becker

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646. The Economics of Life & Being Human with Pablo A. Peña

How can economic science help you decide which college to attend, or how many children to have, or even who to marry?  Pablo A. Peña is an associate instructional professor of economics at the University of Chicago and the author of Human Capital for Humans: An Accessible Introduction to the Econo…

DAV - Charlottesville

Sebastian Tephanel, the Chapter Service Officer/Treasurer for the local chapter of the Disabled American Veterans or DAV, and Gary Becker, a member of the chapter and counselor discuss the important work of supporting all veterans in our community and more.

660. The Intersection of Critical Theory and Business Education with Peter Fleming

Peter Fleming is a professor of management at the University of Technology Sydney, and also the author of several books. His recent works are Dark Academia: How Universities Die, Sugar Daddy Capitalism: The Dark Side of the New Economy, and The Death of Homo Economicus: Work, Debt and the Myth of E…

Who Should Decide a Child's Education? | Jishnu Das | Development Economist and Professor of Public Policy at Georgetown University | Season 13 Episode 18 | #239

In this episode, I sit down with Jishnu Das, a development economist and professor at Georgetown University, to explore what economics can teach us about education, human behavior, and social policy. We begin by unpacking the economist's way of thinking through "if-then" models and how these framew…

Ep. 146: Alex Tabarrok on the Economic Analysis of Crime

Alex Tabarrok is a professor of economics at George Mason University. He joins Bob to discuss the problems with the typical economic analysis of crime, which (in the hands of Gary Becker) advocated increasing the punishment to bolster deterrence. Related: - https://marginalrevolution.com/marginal…

Food Bank Britain

Food banks are being used by a million people in Britain according to recent newspaper reports. But what do we really know about how many people are using food banks, and does this tell us anything about whether food poverty is increasing? Plus: we remember Gary Becker; Alex Bellos tells the story …

Why the Most Important Economic Story of Our Time Isn't the Tariffs — It's the Institutions

What if one of the most famous and widely cited findings in modern economics (that money doesn't really make you happier) turned out to simply be wrong? And what does the economist who proved it wrong have to say about where America is heading next? Justin Wolfers is not a typical economist. He's w…

How did 9/11 Change the Economy?

Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, we look at a difficult question: can economics help us understand terrorism? We start with Gary Becker’s rational model of crime and Alan Krueger's research to consider the incentives, opportunity costs, and motivations behind terrorist activity. Fr…

Luis Garicano on Spain, Europe, and the Future of Work

Luis Garicano has one of the more unusual résumés in economics: trained at the University of Chicago Booth School under Gary Becker, Kevin Murphy, and Sherwin Rosen, he left academia for a stint as a member of the European Parliament before returning to research, now at the London School of Economi…

FSD_FSD- Agents, Rates, and David Grusch

00:00 Intro and agenda01:00 Why rate-sensitive sectors are working despite higher yields03:04 Semis, factor quirks, and accumulating rate-sensitive names03:23 The endowment dinner: "rates going to 6 or 7%"04:28 Brazil rallies and quality names on sale05:59 AI agents: frustrations and the "good enou…