Compare And Contrast Becker And Murphy

The main idea that Becker and Murphy are trying to prove is about how addiction relies on how much of the substance the adolescent consumes to determines how he or she will be addicted to substance in years to come. According to Becker and Murphy, "The basic definition of addiction at the foundation of our analysis is that a person is potentially addicted to c if an increase in his current consumption of c increase his future consumption of c" (Becker, Murphy