'...the 1992 Nobel laureate demonstrates his well-known talent for extending ever further the frontiers of economics...in these pieces, the real world is very much at hand' - "Business Week". 'Becker goes tot he root of the problem...brims with fresh insights' - "The Wall Street Journal". 1992 Nobel Prize winner Gary S. Becker is one of the few modern economists to apply economic theory to human behavior. His provocative world-view states that our daily actions and choices are influenced more than we know by market forces and economic incentives.In "The Economics of Life", Gary Becker and historian Guity Nashat Becker have collected the best of the economist's popular work from his monthly "Business Week" column along with introductions that bring each topic into present-day focus. Extending well beyond the traditional range of economics, these 138 essays provocatively address modern issues including: the changing role of women in modern economics, crime, immigration, drugs, discrimination against minorities, and many other topics. From legalizing drugs to auctioning off immigration rights, the Beckers do not shy away from advocating controversial changes in public policy and personal behavior. They will set you thinking and perhaps change your mind about the connections between economics and life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

加裏•貝剋爾

(Gary S. Becker)

美國著名的經濟學傢和社會學傢，芝加哥大學教授，1992年諾貝爾經濟學奬得主。他因“把微觀經濟分析的領域推廣到包括非市場行為的人類行為和相互作用的廣闊領域”而獲得諾貝爾經濟學奬。貝剋爾教授是以經濟理論來分析人類行為的先驅經濟學傢之一，著有《生活中的經濟學》《反常識經濟學》《人力資本》《傢庭論》和《人類行為的經濟分析》等作品。

吉蒂•貝剋爾

(Guity Nashat Becker)

美國芝加哥大學曆史學博士，執教於伊利諾伊大學芝加哥分校。在芝加哥念書期間，認識瞭加裏•貝剋爾，並結為夫婦。