10-14-2008, 04:32 AM | #1 |
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Paul Krugman wins the Nobel prize for Economics
http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/20...mics-nobel/?em
Rumor was Phill Gramm, PhD, economic advisor to McCain, was supposed to win it, but his "whiner" explanation of the current financial problem diminished his standing among Nobel Economics committee members. Last edited by Ma'ake; 10-14-2008 at 04:35 AM. |
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More on Krugman...
I re-read some of his short autobio again today. Two sections stuck out as interesting:
He thinks Robert Reich and many of Clinton's economic appointees were 'second-rate fools'... Quote:
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The Nobel Committee has now lost all credibility.
First, Al Gore. Now a Keynesian hack. Of course, this is just my opinion.
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Here's a good Krugman column:
http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_10593960 Notable quote: "And last year, when the McCain campaign announced that the candidate had assembled ''an impressive collection of economists, professors, and prominent conservative policy leaders'' to advise him on economic policy, who was prominently featured? Kevin Hassett, the co-author of ''Dow 36,000.'' Enough said. " |
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I don't know Krugman personally and I am always disappointed when someone I don't know personally wins (you know just so I can add to the list). But he is certainly deserving no matter what the secondary political motivations of the committee were. |
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I don't think there should be a nobel prize for economics, when there is no nobel prize for clinical research in medicine, or health services research.
Then again, maybe economists need something to feel good about. |
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you aren't giving clinical clinical research in medicine, or health services research enough credit here. You're damning them with the comparison.
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I was just under the assumption that science was supposed to be the primary reason for winning a Nobel Prize, rather than politics. Economics is a science with which I'm not very familiar, so perhaps he really is deserving of that prize. I just like to taint things like that with my own view. It makes me feel better, ya know?
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