Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Gary Becker
Born: December 2, 1930
Died: May 3, 2014 (aged 83)
Bio: Gary Stanley Becker was an American economist. He was professor of economics and sociology at the University of Chicago and at the Booth School of Business. He made important contributions to the family economics branch of economics.
Known for:
- A Treatise on the Family (1981)
- The Economic Approach to Human Behavior (1976)
- The Economics of Discrimination (1957)
Gary Becker Quotes