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		Robert Hall Named President of American Economic Association Robert Hall (Ph.D. '67) is the President-Elect of the American Economic Association for 2009. James Poterba is one of the Association's two Vice-Presidents, and Daron Acemoglu is a newly-elected member of the Executive Committee.

		Paul Krugman Wins Nobel Prize This year's Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to Paul Krugman, MIT Ph.D'77 and a member of our faculty for close to two decades.

		James Poterba is President of the NBER James Poterba became President of the National Bureau of Economic Research on July 1, 2008, and remains on the MIT Economics faculty in a reduced-time position.

		Jonathan Gruber Elected to Academy of Arts and Sciences Jonathan Gruber has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Among the new 2008 fellows, he is joined by MIT Economics graduates Roger Gordon, Jeremy Stein, and Michael Whinston.

		Olivier Blanchard Named Chief Economist of IMF Olivier Blanchard has been named the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund effective September 1, 2008. In this role he will develop and coordinate the IMF's advice regarding economic policy, and oversee the Research Department. Olivier will take leave from MIT for the duration of this appointment.

		Jeff Harris named Distinguished Guest of Salamanca Jeff Harris has been named a Distinguished Guest of the City of Salamanca, Spain, in recognition of his important collaborative activities with the Spanish Association for Health Economics.

		David Autor Named Editor of Journal of Economic Perspectives David Autor has been named the next editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives, with a term to begin in January 2009.

		Jose de Gregorio Named President of the Central Bank of Chile Jose de Gregorio (Ph.D. '90) has been named the President of the Central Bank of Chile. He succeeds Vittorio Corbo (Ph.D. '71) in this role.

		Esther Duflo Named "Knowledge Against Poverty" Chair Esther Duflo has been named the inaugural holder of the "Knowledge Against Poverty" chair at the College de France.

		Juan Montero Named Economist of the Year Juan Pablo Montero (M.S. Economics '96, Ph.D. Sloan '97) has been named the Outstanding Economist of the Year in Chile. Ricardo Caballero was the inaugural winner of this prize (2001).

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