NAME: William Nordhaus BIRTHDATE: May 31, 1941 BIRTHPLACE: Albuquerque, New Mexico DOCTORATE: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1967) CURRENT JOB: Economist, Yale University ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Pioneered climate-change...
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