George Akerlof is 71 years old (birthdate: June 17, 1940).
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George A. Akerlof was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2001 for his work on understanding how asymmetric information affects markets.
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The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of
Alfred Nobel 2001 was awarded jointly to George A. Akerlof, A.
Michael Spence and Joseph E. Stiglitz for their analyses of markets
with asymmetric information.