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George Akerlof

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George Arthur Akerlof (born June 17, 1940) is an American economist and a university professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University and Koshland Professor of Economics Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. Akerlof was awarded the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, jointly with Michael Spence and Joseph Stiglitz, "for their analyses of markets with asymmetric information." He is the husband of former United States Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Akerlof is the 108th most popular economist (down from 94th in 2019), the 1,663rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,273rd in 2019) and the 34th most popular American Economist.

George Akerlof is most famous for his paper "The Market for Lemons: Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism" which discusses how information asymmetry can lead to economic inefficiency.

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Among ECONOMISTS

Among economists, George Akerlof ranks 108 out of 414. Before him are Thomas Mun, Bengt Holmström, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi, Edward C. Prescott, Robert Fogel, and W. Edwards Deming. After him are John Harsanyi, Richard Thaler, Bingu wa Mutharika, Friedrich von Wieser, Merton Miller, and Lucas Papademos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, George Akerlof ranks 97. Before him are John Gotti, Al Jarreau, Gary Gilmore, Masahiro Hamazaki, Edward C. Prescott, and Jair da Costa. After him are Lothar de Maizière, Alan Kay, Dionne Warwick, Joseph L. Goldstein, Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, and Linda Gray.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Akerlof ranks 1,663 out of 20,380. Before him are Jack Horner (1946), Bob Kane (1915), Edwin G. Krebs (1918), Steven Chu (1948), Jeff Bennett (1962), and Aaron Burr (1756). After him are Frank Jarvis (1878), Herbert Blomstedt (1927), Ron Jeremy (1953), Dwight Schultz (1947), Queen Noor of Jordan (1951), and Rosemary Kennedy (1918).

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Among ECONOMISTS In United States

Among economists born in United States, George Akerlof ranks 34. Before him are George Stigler (1911), Claudia Goldin (1946), Dale T. Mortensen (1939), Edward C. Prescott (1940), Robert Fogel (1926), and W. Edwards Deming (1900). After him are Richard Thaler (1945), Merton Miller (1923), Thomas Schelling (1921), Thomas J. Sargent (1943), Douglas McGregor (1906), and Michael Spence (1943).

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