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Soon there may be more economists at tech companies than in policy schoolsUnder chief economist Pat Bajari, Amazon has hired more than 150 PhD economists in five years. Bajari has also cornered the market on what might be called “rookie economists” just out of school. That crowns Amazon the largest employer of tech economists—with more of them working full-time than even the largest academic economics department. Amazon is far from alone in this trend.
Updated July 20, 20226 min read