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Post by swapna Mon May 05, 2014 9:08 am

[url=mobile.nytimes.com/2014/05/05/business/economy/gary-s-becker-83-nobel-winner-who-applied-economics-to-everyday-life-dies.html?referrer=]prof. gary becker, economics scholar,  university of chicago, died yesterday. Click here to read the ny times article.[/url]

Becker was mentor, guide, and occasional tennis partner to graduate students. His  bachelor's degree - from Princeton - was in mathematics. He had been at u of Chicago since 1970.

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Post by Seva Lamberdar Mon May 05, 2014 9:18 am

May he RIP.
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Post by pravalika nanda Mon May 05, 2014 5:11 pm

Seva Lamberdar wrote:May he RIP.

isn't this the guy who said something like: the study of economics is to alleviate poverty? did he achieve anything to that end? why are we celebrating him?

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Post by b_A Mon May 05, 2014 5:21 pm

pravalika nanda wrote:
Seva Lamberdar wrote:May he RIP.

isn't this the guy who said something like: the study of economics is to alleviate poverty? did he achieve anything to that end? why are we celebrating him?

Because Phlegmy is a name dropper who would like to announce to everybody that he was able to get as close as 50 ft to him, once upon a time.

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Post by Propagandhi711 Mon May 05, 2014 5:30 pm

b_A wrote:
pravalika nanda wrote:
Seva Lamberdar wrote:May he RIP.

isn't this the guy who said something like: the study of economics is to alleviate poverty? did he achieve anything to that end? why are we celebrating him?

Because Phlegmy is a name dropper who would like to announce to everybody that he was able to get as close as 50 ft to him, once upon a time.

lol...I think he peed in the same urinal once

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