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George Akerlof

George Akerlof

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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.

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    China's Journey into the Unknown

    George Magnus

    Following the Chinese government’s sweeping corporate crackdown this year, three recent books on the country’s governance model have become especially timely. Each suggests that Chinese President Xi Jinping will have to navigate fundamental contradictions in his quest for “common prosperity.”

     reviews three books examining the increasingly obvious flaws in the country’s governance model.
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