Uncle Sam should stay away from Wall Street
February 8, 1999
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Why countries shouldn't break their currency promises
March 15, 1999
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Save some of the surplus for medical research
April 19, 1999
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Guess What? Welfare reform works
May 24, 1999
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What we can learn from the Asian mess
June 28, 1999
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Are we hurting or helping the disabled?
August 2, 1999
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Estate taxes: An idea whose time has gone
September 13, 1999
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What price pollution? Leave that to a global market
October 18, 1999
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“Bribe” Third World parents to keep their kids in school
November 22, 1999
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How the Web is revolutionizing learning
December 27, 1999
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The columns up to the summer of 1996 are collected in The Economics of Life, by Gary Becker and Guity Nashat Becker (McGraw-Hill 1996).
"In The Economics of Life, Gary Becker and historian Guity Nashat have collected the best of economist's popular work from his monthly Business Week column along with introductions that bring each topic into present-day focus."