Why a crash wouldn't cripple the economy
April 14, 1997
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You want high returns? Brace yourself for high risk
October 19, 1998
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Uncle Sam should stay away from Wall Street
February 8, 1999
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What we can learn from the Asian mess
June 28, 1999
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America will lead the world back to growth
December 31, 2001
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Enron was mostly right about one thing: Deregulation
March 18, 2002
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Options are useful--But only if they're used right
August 5, 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 dividend tax Cut will get better with time
Feb 10, 2003
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The productivity boom is just warming up
October 20, 2003
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How the skeptics missed the power of productivity
January 12, 2004
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Let's Make Gasoline Prices Even Higher
May 31, 2004
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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."