23 Oct
2001
23 Oct
'01
1:19 a.m.
On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Tim May wrote:
The Econ prize was only established in the 70s, and now the prize committee is reaching down deeper into the ranks.
A fun story I heard: a member of the Swedish Academy is said to have resigned over Milton Friedman getting a Nobel. The reason: Friedman's theory "exists only to justify the exploitation of developing countries". Sampo Syreeni, aka decoy - mailto:decoy@iki.fi, tel:+358-50-5756111 student/math+cs/helsinki university, http://www.iki.fi/~decoy/front openpgp: 050985C2/025E D175 ABE5 027C 9494 EEB0 E090 8BA9 0509 85C2