Is there any way to stop child labor abuses?
May 12, 1997
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Fragile economies and floating currencies don't mix
September 8, 1997
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Make the world safe for “Creative Destruction”
February 23, 1998
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What's wrong with a centralized Europe? Plenty
June 29, 1998
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Why countries shouldn't break their currency promises 
March 15, 1999
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What price pollution? Leave that to a global market
October 18, 1999
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Mexican immigration: Don't open the doors wide yet
October 23, 2000
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It's time for NAFTA to look farther south
January 8, 2001
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How rich nations can defuse the population bomb
May 28, 2001
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Deficit spending got Argentina into this mess
February 11, 2002
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Is Europe starting to play by U.S. rules?
April 22, 2002
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An attack on Saddam won't send oil sky-high
Nov 25, 2002
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When globalization suffers, the poor take the heat
April 21, 2003
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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."