Discrimination Versus Diversity: The Challenges and Opportunities

Abstract

Despite the controversial results of Becker (1993), there are aspects of his work, which can be considered as relevant, even in today’s globalized world. Even though, within this essay the main argument is that humans behave more irrationally than suggested by the traditional rational theory or Becker’s (1993) findings, it still needs to be highlighted that some of the problems pointed out by Becker (1993) in terms of discrimination can still be considered today, when researching diversity and conflict.