Gordon is a 72 year-old economist who dedicated his career to the study of broad macroeconomic trends and Brynjolfsson is a 51 year-old economist who works alongside the technological wizards at MIT.

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As part of the compromise, ICANN also agreed to conduct a broad study of the initial election and the implications for selecting future at-large candidates.

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