The Gary Becker Milton Friedman Institute at the University of Chicago supports and advances collaborative, cross-disciplinary research in economics and related fields.
The Institute is named for two Nobel laureates in Economic Sciences, Gary Becker and his mentor, the late Milton Friedman — two Chicago iconoclasts who became icons in the field. Both applied the powerful tools of economics, grounded in rigorous empirical research, to a wide range of problems, producing enduring insights. The Institute advances that approach, supporting inquiry in some of the most important and complex issues we face today.
The Institute organizes conferences and hosts visiting scholars, bringing together the world's best and most innovative researchers to discuss advances in economics and related fields. It supports inquiry on price theory and on the interaction of economics, public policy and the law, historical strengths at the University of Chicago. It is developing ongoing research initiatives on key issues: measuring systemic risk, addressing long-term deficits and fiscal imbalance, understanding the impact of human capital development on the macroeconomy, and family economics.
The Institute is a collaboration of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, the Department of Economics, and the Law School.
A premier destination for scholars around the world, the Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics supports inquiry on central questions of economic and social significance in the University of Chicago's rigorous intellectual tradition.
