Professor George Akerlof, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in economics, spoke about his new book, ‘Phishing for Phools,’ the dangers of the free market and the benefits of deregulation at the Carroll ...

George Akerlof, a Nobel Prize winner and economics scholar, will head to the McCourt School in November. Nobel Prize winner and economics scholar George Akerlof will join the faculty of the McCourt ...

American consumers, it seems, began feeling more confident about the economy in early April. That raises a multibillion-dollar question: If our confidence in the economy continues to grow, do we need ...

George Akerlof was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2001, jointly with A Michael Spence and Joseph Stiglitz, for their analyses of markets with asymmetric information. The award came ...

George Akerlof (married to Janet Yellen as it happens) won his Nobel largely for a paper called the Market for Lemons. No, it's not about the market for citrus fruits, it's about the problems that can ...

President-elect Joe Biden has tapped famed economist Janet Yellen to fill the role of U.S. Treasury Secretary in a history-making pick. Yellen will be the first woman to hold the position since the ...

Nobel laureates Robert J. Shiller and George Akerlof discuss their new book "Phishing for Phools." They explain how free market forces lead some people to manipulate and deceive others and why ...

Says topic that has motivated him most over his career is unemployment Applauds attention IMF has given in recent months to unemployment crisis Hopes to help with design of financial regulation, ...

According to Nobel Economics Prize Laureate George Akerlof, President Trump is acting like a five year old. Not even like any ordinary five year old; rather, like a spoiled petulant brat. When he ...

IN 1984, economics Nobel Laureate George Stigler predicted that economics was on its way to becoming the queen of the social sciences. He called economics “an imperial science,” one that was clearing ...

Earlier this week I spoke with George Akerlof, a professor of economics at Berkeley and a winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in economics, about his new book, Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives ...