Gary Becker (b.
1930, Pottsville,
Pennsylvania) is an
American economist. Known for his
work at the
University of Chicago, he won
The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in
1992 for "having extended the domain of microeconomic
analysis to a wide range of
human behavior and interaction, including nonmarket behavior". His
work includes seminal articles on the economics of discrimination, crime, family, drugs, and
social interaction.
