Here is the NY Times obit. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/05/business/economy/gary-s-becker-83-nobel-winner-who-applied-economics-to-everyday-life-dies.html
Kathleen Geier has a blog post on him: http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2014_05/rip_gary_becker050194.php
As does Juliio Huato:
http://juliohuato.org/2014/05/05/on-gary-becker/
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---------- Original Message ---------- From: michael yates <mikedjyates at msn.com> To: "lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org" <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Subject: [lbo-talk] The wretched Gary Becker is dead Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 09:49:24 -0400
The wretched, reactionary economist, Gary Becker, has died. In his first book about the economics of discrimination, he described racist employers as having a "taste for discrimination." Just like you might have a "taste for pancakes." Those who had such a taste were, he argued, willing to accept lower profits to indulge it. That is, other things equal, employers would only hire black workers who were as productive as white workers if the black laborers would accept a lower wage. ___________________________________ http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk ____________________________________________________________ Old School Yearbook Pics View Class Yearbooks Online Free. Search by School & Year. Look Now! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5367b11514177311434dast04vuc