The new economics of human behavior

Dados Bibliográficos

ID23802432
AutoresGary S Becker (autor correspondente), Gary Becker
EditoresMariano Tommasi, Kathryn Ierulli
Ano1995
Data de publicação1995-01-01
Open AccessNão
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoNew Economics of Human Behaviour (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511599040
OpenAlexW1968889456
ISBN9780511599040
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas34
Referências citadas2

This 1995 volume views important social and political issues through the eyes of economists. Pioneered by Gary Becker, this approach asserts that all actions, whether working, playing, dating, or mating, have economic motivations and consequences, and can be analysed using economic reasoning. Intended as an introduction to the current state of the field, the essays are informal and non-technical, while still using up-to-date economic reasoning to illuminate such topics as crime, marriage, discrimination, immigration, fads and fashions. The expanding domain of economics is illustrated, as problems from sociology, political science, anthropology, and public policy are all included in this Beckerian view: the world of human interaction, as seen by an economist.

Domain (mathematical analysis) · Economic sociology · Economics · Field (mathematics) · Immigration · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science) · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Law