The new economics of human behavior

Bibliographic Data

ID23802432
AuthorsGary S Becker (corresponding author), Gary Becker
EditorsMariano Tommasi, Kathryn Ierulli
Year1995
Publication date1995-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueNew Economics of Human Behaviour (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/cbo9780511599040
OpenAlexW1968889456
ISBN9780511599040
LanguageEN
Citations received33
References cited2

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