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Still, intuitive assumptions about behavior is only the starting point of systematic analysis, for alone they do not yield many interesting implications.

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Gary Becker
Age: 83 †
Born: 1930
Born: December 2
Died: 2014
Died: May 3
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Pottsville
Pennsylvania
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