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I'm happy to say I am a Harrison-Kreps-Keynesian.

Thomas J. Sargent

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Thomas J. Sargent
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: July 19
Economist
Professor
University Teacher
Pasadena
California
Thomas John Tom Sargent
Thomas John Sargent
Harrison
Happy
Keynesian

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