If You Have the Answers, Tell Me, The New York Times, May 7, 2011.
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After more than a quarter-century as a professional economist, I have a confession to make: There is a lot I don’t know about the economy. Indeed, the area of economics where I have devoted most of my energy and attention — the ups and downs of the business cycle — is where I find myself most often confronting important questions without obvious answers.

— Greg Mankiw

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About Greg Mankiw

Nicholas Gregory Mankiw (born February 3, 1958) is an American economist and the Robert M. Beren Professor of Economics at Harvard University, best known in academia for his work on New Keynesian economics.