Nobel Prize-Winning Economist to Address Smith Community

On April 1, 2009, Nobel Prize winner Dr. George Akerlof will address faculty, staff and students of the Smith School.

Dr. Akerlof is an American economist and Koshland Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. He won the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics for his contributions to the analyses of markets with asymmetric information.

The Smith community will join him to hear ideas from his new book, Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism, which details how “animal spirits” are driving financial events worldwide – from blind faith in ever-rising housing prices to plummeting confidence in capital markets.

The first 75 students to attend will receive a free copy of Akerlof’s book, and a book signing will follow his address.