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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. He was co-editor of the ''Journal of Political Economy'' published by the University of Chicago Press until December 2007. He co-authored the best-selling book ''Freakonomics'' (2005) and its sequels ''SuperFreakonomics'' (2009) and ''Think Like a Freak'' (2014). He is a grand-nephew of Robert L. May, the lyricist of ''Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer''. In 2009, Levitt co-founded TGG Group, a business band philanthropy consulting company.〔(TGG Group )〕 He was chosen as one of ''Time'' magazine's "100 People Who Shape Our World" in 2006.〔(Time Magazine's "100 People Who Shape Our World" )〕 ==Career== Levitt was born to a Jewish family〔(Jewish Virtual Library: "Steven Levitt" ) retrieved March 29, 2015〕 in 1967 and attended St. Paul Academy and Summit School, graduated from Harvard University in 1989 with his B.A. in economics ''summa cum laude'', and received his Ph.D. in economics from MIT in 1994. He is currently the William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor and the director of The Becker Center on Price Theory at the University of Chicago. In 2003 he won the John Bates Clark Medal, awarded every two years by the American Economic Association to the most promising U.S. economist under the age of 40. In April 2005 Levitt published his first book, ''Freakonomics'' (coauthored with Stephen J. Dubner), which became a New York Times bestseller. Levitt and Dubner also started a blog ((www.freakonomics.com )). Levitt is an honorary professor at McGill University.
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