Amir Sufi is the Bruce Lindsay Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the

University of Chicago Booth School of Business The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (Chicago Booth or Booth) is the graduate business school of the University of Chicago. Founded in 1898, Chicago Booth is the second-oldest business school in the U.S. and is associated with 10 N ...

. He was awarded the 2017

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by the

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, given biennially to a financial economics scholar under the age of 40 for significant original research that is relevant to finance practice. He was awarded for his work on household debt and the financial crisis.

Early life and education

Amir was born to immigrants from the

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Topeka Topeka ( ; Kansa: ; iow, Dópikˀe, script=Latn or ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the seat of Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeast Kansas, in the Central Un ...

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. He attended

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. He has an undergraduate degree from

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

, and a Ph.D. in economics from the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

House of Debt

Amir Sufi co-authored a critically acclaimed book ''

House of Debt ''House of Debt: How They (and You) caused the Great Recession, and How We Can Prevent It from Happening Again'' is a 2014 book by economists Atif Mian and Amir Sufi on the linkages between household debt in the United States The United St ...

'' with Atif Rehman Mian.

Personal life

Amir is married to Saima Abedin Sufi and has three children.

References

External links

''House of Debt'' by Professor Amir Sufi
a talk on his book on the 2008 financial crisis. 1977 births American academics of Pakistani descent American economists Georgetown University alumni Living people University of Chicago Booth School of Business faculty {{US-business-academic-bio-stub