Becker

Gary Becker, who won the Nobel Memorial Prize for Economic Sciences in 1992, is the Rose-Marie and Jack R. Anderson Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and University Professor of Economics and Sociology at the University of Chicago. He delivered a talk titled “How to Reform Immigration Policy” on Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at the Pacific Union Club in San Francisco, as part of the Hoover Breakfast Briefings series.

Upcoming Events

Thursday, November 12, 2026 4:30 PM PT
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25 Years After 9/11: The History And Future Of Surveillance, Technology, And Democracy
How does a free society use increasingly powerful technologies to protect itself without compromising the freedoms it exists to protect? Register To… Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Tuesday, November 17, 2026
Rural America
Symposium On Domestic Rural Life And Institutions
Rural America encompasses diverse communities and experiences, shaped by a wide range of political, economic, social, and environmental forces. 
Tuesday, November 17, 2026
Ideas Uncorked | The Billionaire Tax Act: From California to Capitol Hill
Ideas Uncorked | The Billionaire Tax Act: From California To Capitol Hill
The Hoover Institution in DC hosts Ideas Uncorked: The Billionaire Tax Act: From California to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, November 17 from 5:00-6:30 pm… Hoover Institution in DC
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