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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Chicago University Press; New edition edition (1 Sep 1978)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0226041123
  • ISBN-13: 978-0226041124
  • Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 14.7 x 2 cm
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4.0 out of 5 stars Economics away from the market place, 11 May 2003
Nobel prize winner Gary Becker discusses a number of issues not typically dealt with by economists:

discrimination, using an approach more well known for international trade

politics and crime - esp. as regards politics not very spectacular, the crime part is good

the use of time - very illuminating

irrational behaviour - the worst part of the book (or perhaps I just didn't get it)

marriage, fertility and the family - insightful, again

social interactions - not too interesting

Becker states that he is unhappy with sociological/ psychological explanations for certain trends (eg rising divorce rates) that are based on a change in attitudes. Trying to explain behaviour based on stable preferences for fundamental issues in combination with optimising behaviour, he claims to do better and what he says makes sense.

I think that this books is only enjoyable for readers with some feeling for or experience with economic modelling.

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