Deficit spending got Argentina into this mess
February 11, 2002
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Enron was mostly right about one thing: Deregulation
March 18, 2002
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Is Europe starting to play by U.S. rules?
April 22, 2002
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Want to cut gasoline use? Raise taxes
May 27, 2002
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Happy Birthday, Milton Friedman
July 1, 2002
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Options are useful--But only if they're used right
August 5, 2002
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Get the FDA out of the way, and drug prices will drop
Sep 16, 2002
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Brazil: If Lufla wins, free markets will survive
Oct 21, 2002
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An attack on Saddam won't send oil sky-high
Nov 25, 2002
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What the scandals reveal: A strong economy
Dec 30, 2002
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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."