Birth Name: Gary Becker
Occupation: Teacher
Place Of Birth: Pennsylvania
Date Of Birth: December 2, 1930
Date Of Death: May 3, 2014
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Unknown
Nationality: American
Gary Becker was born on the 2nd of December, 1930. He was best known for being a Teacher. Known for his work in the fields of social and family economics, this University of Chicago professor received the 1992 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences as well as the 2007 Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Gary Becker was born in Pennsylvania. After graduating from Princeton University in the early 1950s, he earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. During the late 1950s and a portion of the 1960s, he held a professorship at Columbia University. He devised the “rotten kid theorem,” a family economics idea that explains altruism in terms of the economic theory of utility.
Gary Becker was a Sagittarius and was born in the Silent Generation.
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Childhood
Gary Becker was born in 1930s. The 1930s were called the Great Depression (1929-1939). It was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world. Despite the Great Depression, Hollywood and popular film production flourished. Radio was the main source of entertainment, information, and political propaganda, and jazz, blues, gospel, and folk music, became immensely popular. Discover what happened on this day.
Gary Becker is part of the Silent Generation, which followed after the G.I. Generation. As young adults during the McCarthy Era, many members of this generation felt it was dangerous to speak out. They were too young to see action in World War II and too old to participate in the fun of the Summer of Love.
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Gary Becker was born in the Year of the Horse.
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| REAL NAME: | Gary Becker |
| NICKNAME: | Gary |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | Silent Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Sagittarius |
| BIRTH DAY: | Tuesday |
| DEATH DAY: | Saturday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Gary Becker was a Sagittarius. People of this zodiac sign like freedom, travel, philosophy, being outdoors and dislike clingy people, constrained, off-the-wall theories. The strengths of this sign are being generous, idealistic, sense of humor, while weaknesses can be to promise more than can deliver, impatient and say anything no matter how undiplomatic. The greatest overall compatibility with Sagittarius is Gemini and Aries.
Chinese Zodiac: Gary Becker was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are seen as warm-hearted and easygoing. Independence is one of their greatest strengths, but sometimes they're overly frank with others.
Ruling Planet: Gary Becker had a ruling planet of Jupiter and has a ruling planet of Jupiter and by astrological associations Thursday is ruled by Jupiter. This planet represents abundance, prosperity and the principle of expansion. People who are born with Jupirer as the ruling planet are optimistic and have a big appetite for life.
Gary Becker’s birth sign is Sagittarius and he had a ruling planet of Jupiter.
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