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My work on human capital began with an effort to calculate both private and social rates of return to men, women, blacks, and other groups from investments in different levels of education.

~Gary Becker

Topics: Began Blacks Both Calculate Capital Different Different Levels Education Effort Groups Human Investments Levels Men Other Private Rates Return Social Women Work

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Why in almost all societies have married women specialized in bearing and rearing children and in certain agricultural activities, whereas married men have done most of the fighting and market work?

~Gary Becker

Topics: Activities Agricultural Almost Almost All Bearing Certain Children Done Fighting Market Married Married Men Men Most Rearing Societies Specialized Whereas Why Women Work

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Fines are preferable to imprisonment and other types of punishment because they are more efficient. With a fine, the punishment to offenders is also revenue to the State.

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Topics: Also Because Efficient Fine Fines Imprisonment More Offenders Other Preferable Punishment Revenue State Types

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I was not sympathetic to the assumption that criminals had radically different motivations from everyone else.

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Topics: Assumption Criminals Different Else Everyone Everyone Else Had Motivations Radically Sympathetic

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The Treatise tries to analyze not only modern Western families, but also those in other cultures and the changes in family structure during the past several centuries.

~Gary Becker

Topics: Also Analyze Centuries Changes Cultures Families Family Family Structure Modern Only Other Past Several Structure Those Tries Western

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Still, intuitive assumptions about behavior is only the starting point of systematic analysis, for alone they do not yield many interesting implications.

~Gary Becker

Topics: About Alone Analysis Assumptions Behavior Implications Interesting Intuitive Many Only Point Starting Starting Point Still Systematic Yield

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A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.

~Gary Becker

Topics: Accumulate Asset Chinese Could Elsewhere Greater Lead Stronger Yuan

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Economist

Born: December 2nd, 1930

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