Richard Freeman

National Bureau of Economic Research

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Professor of Economics at Harvard University and director of the National Bureau of Economic Research

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It's a far cry from Tahrir Square in Cairo, but  Occupy Wall Street  has been camped out for two weeks in Zuccotti Park between the New York Stock Exchange and the site of the former…

Occupy Wall Street: What's the Message?

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