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Oct 2023
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Angus Deaton: An Immigrant Economist Exp...

INSTITUTE FOR NEW ECONOMIC THINKING (INET)
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Economics Nobel laureate Sir Angus Deaton discusses his latest book, Economics in America, which takes an autobiographical approach to how the field of economics addresses the most pressing issues of our time—from poverty, retirement, and the minimum wage to the ravages of the nation’s uniquely disastrous health care system.

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