Steven David Steve Levitt (born May 29 1967) is an American economist known for his work in the field of crime in particular on the link between legalized abortion and crime rates. Winner of the 2003 John Bates Clark Medal he is currently the William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago director of the Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
alma mater
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University
award
John Bates Clark Medal
birth date
1967-05-29
birth place
Louisiana, New Orleans
depiction description (caption)
Steven Levitt speaking in Orlando Florida on May 22 2006
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