George SacerdoteGeorge Sacerdote grew up in a bicultural household in New Jersey and Italy's Piedmont region in the 1950s and 60s. After gaining a BS from MIT and a PH. D. in mathematics from the University of Illinois, he had several international careers as an acaemic mathematician, management consultant and entrepreneur, working at the highest levels in academia and business both in America and in Europe. This remarkable range of experience gave him a unique perspective on the many social issues and cultural changes on both sides of the Atlantic in the second half of the twentieth century. In effect his viewpoint is that of an educated outsider who was simultaneously a native on both sides of the Atlantic. Read More Read Less