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George Akerlof
George Akerlof
American Economist
Born: Jun 17, 1940
Always Been Economics Father Mother You
Related authors: Alan Greenspan Herbert A. Simon John Kenneth Galbraith Milton Friedman Paul A. Volcker Richard Thaler Robert Reich Thomas Sowell
My Swedish grandmother was the daughter of a dairy farmer who lived near Hedemora. My Swedish grandfather worked as a clerk for the Swedish railways in the Stockholm station. George Akerlof
Daughter Dairy Station Clerk Stockholm Grandfather Worked Grandmother Swedish Farmer Who Lived Near Railways
The only way we are going to ameliorate pressing social needs is through public intervention. George Akerlof
Needs Intervention Way Pressing Only Through Going Public Social
I've always been a macroeconomist. That's what I teach. And I guess that's what I've been concerned with ever since I've been very young. George Akerlof
Young Guess Since Concerned Always Been Very Teach Ever
Keynesian economics has always been needed. George Akerlof
Economics Always Been Needed
My father was a chemist on the Yale faculty, my mother a housewife. George Akerlof
Mother Father Faculty Housewife Yale Chemist
My mother, whose interest in chemistry was rather minimal, nevertheless went to graduate school in the subject and married my father, for whom it was as important as life itself. George Akerlof
Life School Mother Father Important Chemistry Minimal Married Rather Nevertheless Subject Itself Graduate Graduate School Interest Whom Whose
My brother Carl became a physicist; I became an economist. George Akerlof
Brother Physicist Economist Became
Prior to the early 1960s, economic theorists rarely constructed models customized to capture unique institutions or specific market characteristics. George Akerlof
Market Characteristics Rarely Constructed Economic Institutions Prior Models Unique Capture Specific Early
Parents don't take a baby's temperature to decide whether the room is too warm; likewise, for global warming, we need a story that spurs us to do what is necessary. George Akerlof
Parents Too Baby Temperature Take Global Global Warming Likewise Spurs Decide Story Whether Room Warm Warming Us Necessary Need

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