Gary Becker: Fear, Technology, & Education

How does fear govern the way we live? Why do we fear certain entities? How do old fears transform themselves into new ones as society changes over time? In 2008, Nobel Prize winning economist Gary Becker analyzed these issues and more, examining variation in sources of fear across demographics and the results of fears on our individual and collective lives.

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