The Economic Approach to Human Behavior
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The Economic Approach to Human Behavior
| Author | Gary S. Becker |
|---|---|
| Published | 1976 |
| Pages | 314 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | The collection in which Gary Becker sets out the programme that won him the Nobel: that the economic method — stable preferences, scarcity, maximizing, equilibrium — applies to marriage, fertility, discrimination, crime and the allocation of time, conduct economics had left to other disciplines. |
Where I heard about it
- Brendan McCord — on his Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List, as the statement of method for Chicago School Economics: where the Austrians make knowledge the central problem, Chicago makes price theory a universal tool. Shared March 2026; full transcription on The Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List.
Connections
- The Philosopher-Entrepreneur Reading List — the curriculum this card came from.
- Economics — the discipline whose boundaries this book is an argument about.
- Incentives — the mechanism Becker extends into non-market conduct.
- Human Nature — the maximizing model of the agent the programme assumes.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.