Gary Becker

Economics is based on a hypothetical rational (wo)man ? or at least was until behavioral economics came along. Homo economicus is sort of like a supercomputer ? always calculating lifetime welfare, costs, profits, etc. Like Star Trek?s Mr. Spock, (s)he never lets emotions get in the way. You would therefore not expect economists to take on love.

The trial of Ali Ä°smail Korkmaz, the university student who fell into a coma after getting beaten by plainclothes police officers during the Gezi protests and died 38 days later, continued last week. Across the Atlantic, a Missouri grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager in August.