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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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