Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy and Why it Matters for Global Capitalism
The Big Picture (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Knowledge of economic history has helped policy makers make the right decisions in the wake of the financial crisis, George Akerlof, author of ‘Animal Spirits’ and Nobel Laureate, told CNBC Thursday. CNBC Europe: Fri. Oct. 30 2009 | 4:25 AM ET
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Leading Economists and Policymakers Including Nobel Laureates George Akerlof, Sir James Mirrlees, A. Michael Spence and Joseph Stiglitz Join to Foster New Thinking.
BURMA DIGEST (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
by George Akerlof and Joseph E. Stiglitz - George Akerlof, a Nobel laureate in economics, is Professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley. Joseph E. Stiglitz, University Professor at Columbia University and winner of the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize, served as Chairman of the Commission on the Measurement [...]
The Economic Way of Thinking (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
There's a long list of economists, including Nobel Laureates George Akerlof, Milton Friedman, and Vernon Smith, who have signed a petition against the prohibition of marijuana. An excerpt: marijuana legalization -- replacing prohibition with a system of taxation and regulation...
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