1. A few quick thoughts on Gary Becker.
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2. Capitalism has been around for centuries, but has always existed in tension with pre-capitalist (and later anti-capitalist) social forms
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3. If neo-liberalism means anything, it means moment when capitalist logic is applied to hitherto sacrosanct social forms (i.e. family).
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4. Religious scholars now talk about churches competing for a market share of followers. That is Becker's legacy.
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5. One way to appreciate Becker is to see that he was a productive antagonist for feminist economists.
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6. Becker opened up the possibility of thinking about the family a place where economic exchange takes place -- valuable to feminists.
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7. We can disagree with Becker's conclusions of how family economy works even while grateful for the door he opened.
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8. Note that both Foucault & Jameson regarded Becker as central example of neo-liberalism, the quintessence of intellectual phenomenon.
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9. It was Becker's radicalism, his willingness to apply economic logic to every human realm, that made him interesting to Foucault & Jameson
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10. For parallel (but smarter!) thoughts on Becker's legacy, please see tl of @das_kunk
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