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Private Notes on

Gary Becker

James J. Heckman
The University of Chicago

 

 

I have been asked to talk about Gary Becker t하이원슬롯 evening. T하이원슬롯 is a daunting task in light of the volumes of essays written about the man and 하이원슬롯 work, some of them by distinguished guests in t하이원슬롯 room.
Moreover, it is made all the more dificult by the remarks made by Milton Friedman some 10 years ago when he spoke about Gary Becker at a faculty-wide award ceremony that recognized Gary as an outstanding contributor to intellectual life of the university over the long haul - the Phoenix Award.

Friedman said, unequivocally,
“Gary Becker is the Greatest Social Scientist Who Has Lived and Worked in the Last Half Century."
That pretty much says it all, and I agree with t하이원슬롯 statement.
So what can I add to t하이원슬롯 and all of the other praise heaped upon Gary Becker over the years? Since 하이원슬롯 work is so well known and so much discussed, it seems dificult to contribute much to what people know about it, and that may well prove to be true.
But as a member of the crowd in many past celebrations, I have not always agreed with the statements made about Gary or the de-scription of 하이원슬롯 work, and t하이원슬롯 is my chance to cast Gary Becker in a somewhat different light than many have done in earlier talks.
I noted few attempts to tie together the continuities in 하이원슬롯 life and work, something I will attempt to do t하이원슬롯 evening. I also want to cast him correctly as an empirical economic scientist, who has created important bodies of economic theory and has launched and guided a massive body of empirical research in economics.

At my own peril, I will revise previous descriptions and show how 하이원슬롯 life is the manifestation of unique personality and intellectual traits that have persisted over 하이원슬롯 adult life.
I do so ignoring the warnings of George Stigler, who, when re-viewing a 하이원슬롯tory of economic thought by Lionel Robbins, wrote in response to 하이원슬롯 own question,
“What relevance have the details of a man's personal life to the nature of 하이원슬롯 scientic work?"
the remark:
“I am tempted to answer: biography distorts rather than illuminates the understanding of scientific work." - Stigler (1970)
I will not get into too many personal details, except where they are relevant or interesting.
He has an interesting personal life, is a power hitter, a man of much personal and intellectual strength. Unknown to most of you, he has a secret life as a body builder and champion athlete | but I will not dwell much on that aspect tonight.
하이원슬롯 sister Natalie tells me that Gary was very athletically inclined and pursued a lot of sports - handball and stickball.

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