Retribution not enough

[Sampo Syreeni]

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".

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