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Professor Gary S. Becker is one of the most prominent and influential economists of today. He is currently University Professor of Economics and Sociology at the University of Chicago and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1992 for having extended the domain of microeconomic analysis to a wide range of human behaviour and interaction, including, inter alia, investment in human capital, behaviour of the family and household, crime and punishment and market discrimination. In doing so, Professor Becker has stimulated economists to tackle new problems, which have previously been dealt with by other social science disciplines such as sociology, demography and criminology.
As the world becomes increasingly knowledge-based, Professor Becker's lecture would provide us with much insight on the functioning of the modern economy.
Members of the press and interested parties are cordially invited to attend. Please contact Ms. Mabel Woo of HKU's School of Economics and Finance at 2859 2192 or email mabel@econ.hku.hk to register.
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences to deliver lecture at HKU
18 Dec 2002
Professor Gary S. Becker, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1992, is to deliver a Distinguished Public Lecture organised by the School of Economics and Finance of the University of Hong Kong (HKU). The lecture, entitled Intellectual Capital and Other Knowledge in Modern Economies will be held at 5:30pm on Friday, December 20, 2002 at Wang Gungwu Lecture Hall, Graduate House, HKU.
Professor Gary S. Becker is one of the most prominent and influential economists of today. He is currently University Professor of Economics and Sociology at the University of Chicago and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1992 for having extended the domain of microeconomic analysis to a wide range of human behaviour and interaction, including, inter alia, investment in human capital, behaviour of the family and household, crime and punishment and market discrimination. In doing so, Professor Becker has stimulated economists to tackle new problems, which have previously been dealt with by other social science disciplines such as sociology, demography and criminology.
As the world becomes increasingly knowledge-based, Professor Becker's lecture would provide us with much insight on the functioning of the modern economy.
Members of the press and interested parties are cordially invited to attend. Please contact Ms. Mabel Woo of HKU's School of Economics and Finance at 2859 2192 or email mabel@econ.hku.hk to register.
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