credit
noun
commendation or honor given for some action, quality, etc..
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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Jordan pointed to the work of a university of Chicago economist, Carey Mulligan, whom conservatives have been crediting with the lost-work insight.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2014