Please answer the following question: Facts: - repec id: ptr182 - field: international financial institutions - birth date: 1941 - name: edwin m. truman - nationality: usa - repec prefix: e Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of edwin m. truman .
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edwin -lrb- ted -rrb- m. truman -lrb- born 1941 , albany , ny -rrb- is an american economist specializing in international financial institutions , especially the international monetary fund and sovereign wealth funds .he has been a senior fellow with the peterson institute for international economics since 2001 .truman has worked quietly over the years on international financial crises issues .nobel laureate paul krugman described truman as the '' george smiley of international economics '' .