Gary Becker Quotes


Different constraints are decisive for different situations, but the most fundamental constraint is limited time.


Citations

Becker, Gary S. "The Economic Way of Looking at Behavior." Journal of Political Economy, vol. 101, no. 3, 1993, p. 386.

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Asked by reporters if the 10-year mark might prove to be a fatal politcal threshold, as in the case of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher:


Gary Becker
Gary Becker
  • Born: December 2, 1930
  • Died: May 3, 2014
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Economist

Gary Stanley Becker was an American economist who received the 1992 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was a professor of economics and sociology at the University of Chicago, and was a leader of the third generation of the Chicago school of economics.