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Amartya Sen

Even when altruism is allowed (as, for example, in Gary Becker‘s model of rational allocation), it is assumed that the altruistic actions are undertaken because...

Jean Tirole | Photograph by Lydie Lecarpentier - REA - Redux

Economists

Jean Tirole: Taming powerful firms

“Wealth acquired by creating value for society is not equivalent to wealth that comes from economic rents. For example, a very important...

Christopher Pissarides | Photo by Peter Coy

Economists

Christopher A. Pissarides

“I know you worry about the deficit but I think you worry about it too much. Keynesianism of the kind that guided policy after...

George Akerlof by Rachel Idzerda for the Globe and Mail

Economists

George Akerlof: A citizen of the profession

“Economic theorists, like French chefs in regard to food, have developed stylized models whose ingredients are limited by some unwritten rules. Just as traditional...

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Amartya Sen

Jean Tirole: Taming powerful firms

Christopher A. Pissarides

George Akerlof: A citizen of the profession