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From Austan

To my teachers—Paul Volcker, James Tobin, and Jim Poterba: the immortals.

From Steve

To the next generation of economists, whose wisdom will shape the future.

From Chad

To my teachers, professors, and mentors, who showed me how fantastic being an economist could be.

From all

And to the University of Chicago, where people don’t just study economics, they live it, breathe it, eat it, and sleep it. The world of economics would never be the same without you, and neither would we.

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