James Kwak
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James Kwak is an American author, law professor, and commentator on economics and public policy, known for his work on the financial crisis and inequality.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Kwak canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4163575 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Kwak Context triple: [Simon Johnson, coAuthorWith, James Kwak]
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John Tomasi
John Tomasi is an American political philosopher known for his work on the intersection of classical liberalism and theories of justice, particularly in his book "Free Market Fairness."
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B.
Matthew Gentzkow
Matthew Gentzkow is an American economist known for his influential research on media, political communication, and industrial organization.
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C.
James Gorman
James Gorman is an Australian-American business executive best known as the longtime CEO and chairman of Morgan Stanley.
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D.
Robert D. Murphy
Robert D. Murphy was a prominent American diplomat and foreign service officer who played key roles in U.S. policy during and after World War II, particularly in Europe.
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E.
John Cochrane
John Cochrane is an American economist known for his work on asset pricing, macroeconomics, and financial economics, and for his influential role in academic and policy debates.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Kwak Target entity description: James Kwak is an American author, law professor, and commentator on economics and public policy, known for his work on the financial crisis and inequality.
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A.
John Tomasi
John Tomasi is an American political philosopher known for his work on the intersection of classical liberalism and theories of justice, particularly in his book "Free Market Fairness."
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B.
Matthew Gentzkow
Matthew Gentzkow is an American economist known for his influential research on media, political communication, and industrial organization.
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C.
James Gorman
James Gorman is an Australian-American business executive best known as the longtime CEO and chairman of Morgan Stanley.
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D.
Robert D. Murphy
Robert D. Murphy was a prominent American diplomat and foreign service officer who played key roles in U.S. policy during and after World War II, particularly in Europe.
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E.
John Cochrane
John Cochrane is an American economist known for his work on asset pricing, macroeconomics, and financial economics, and for his influential role in academic and policy debates.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
author
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economics commentator ⓘ human ⓘ law professor ⓘ |
| coAuthorWith |
Dean Baker
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Simon Johnson ⓘ other economists and policy experts ⓘ |
| coFounded | Baseline Scenario blog ⓘ |
| coFoundedWith | Simon Johnson ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| coWrote |
13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown
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linked to:
13 Bankers
White House Burning: The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, and Why It Matters to You ⓘ |
| degree |
Bachelor’s degree from Harvard College
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JD from Yale Law School ⓘ PhD in history from the University of California, Berkeley ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard College
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linked to:
Harvard University
University of California, Berkeley ⓘ Yale Law School ⓘ |
| employer |
University of Connecticut School of Law
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linked to:
UConn School of Law
|
| fieldOfWork |
economics
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financial regulation ⓘ law ⓘ public policy ⓘ |
| hasAcademicSpecialization |
business law
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corporate governance ⓘ financial regulation ⓘ law and economics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
analysis of the 2008 financial crisis
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commentary on economic inequality ⓘ critique of financial deregulation ⓘ explaining public policy to general audiences ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown
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linked to:
13 Bankers
Economism: Bad Economics and the Rise of Inequality ⓘ White House Burning: The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, and Why It Matters to You ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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blogger ⓘ economics writer ⓘ law professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
co-founder of Baseline Scenario blog
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professor at University of Connecticut School of Law ⓘ research fellow at the Roosevelt Institute ⓘ |
| website | Baseline Scenario ⓘ |
| writesAbout |
banking regulation
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inequality ⓘ macroeconomic policy ⓘ national debt ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: James Kwak Description of subject: James Kwak is an American author, law professor, and commentator on economics and public policy, known for his work on the financial crisis and inequality.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.