Becker and Posner
Freedom of Speech and Public Intellectualship
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4999283 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jean-Baptiste Fleury (0000-0002-6364-0107, Théorie Économique, Modélisation et Applications), Alain Marciano (0000-0002-7283-5520) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | suppl_1 |
| Pages | 254-278 |
| Publication date | 2013-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | History of Political Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-2702 • E-ISSN: 1527-1919 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00182702-2311016 |
| OpenAlex | W2004704788 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 17 |
This essay analyzes what Gary S. Becker and Richard A. Posner have written for various media (either in print or online) that are not strictly aimed at academic audiences. We provide an historical account of how they became interested in such activities, from their first attempts, made independently from each other, to their joint venture on the Internet through The Becker-Posner Blog. In our description of their independent and then collaborative experiences, differences appear between Becker and Posner about how to be a public intellectual, but also similarities as to what that means and implies. From this perspective, the blog proves to be a further and crucial step in their career as public intellectuals. Both Becker and Posner use the blog for the freedom and flexibility it offers. They use it to develop a sort of "casual economic thinking" that they push farther than in any of their other writings, even as public intellectuals
Casual · Economics · Epistemology · Flexibility (engineering · Free speech · Individualism · Law and economics · Management · Media studies · Neoclassical economics · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Positive economics · Public good · Sociology · sort · The Internet · Computer Science · Economic Theory and Institutions · Law · Philosophy · Political Economy and Marxism
Economic analysis of law
Economics and Sociology
Law Enforcement, Malfeasance, and Compensation of Enforcers
Blogging and political information
Introduction
New competencies in democratic communication? Blogs, agenda setting and political participation
Crime and Punishment
Women in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Wandering Through the Borderlands of the Social Sciences
Drawing New Lines
Lives of the Laureates
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |