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George Akerlof

George Akerlof, a Nobel laureate in economics, is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. His most recent book, co-authored with Rachel E. Kranton, is Identity Economics: How Our Identities Shape Our Work, Wages, and Well-Being.


Commentaries by George Akerlof

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    Identity Economics

    BERKELEY and DURHAM – A great strength of economics is its ability to examine how decisions are made from the point of view of decision make…

  • Newsart for Let A Hundred Theories Bloom

    Let A Hundred Theories Bloom

    BUDAPEST – The economic and financial crisis has been a telling moment for the economics profession, for it has put many long-standing ideas…

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