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Edwin (Ted) M. Truman (born 1941 Albany NY) is an American economist specializing in international financial institutions especially the International Monetary Fund and sovereign wealth funds. He has been a Senior Fellow with the Peterson Institute for International Economics since 2001. Truman has worked quietly over the years on international financial crises issues. Nobel laureate Paul Krugman described Truman as the George Smiley of international economics.