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Yearly reminder that there is no Nobel Prize in Economics. It is the "Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences", established in 1968, to coattail on the presti

by _0ffh 7y ago

Yearly reminder that there is no Nobel Prize in Economics. It is the "Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences", established in 1968, to coattail on the prestige of the original. Edit: Your DVs don't change the facts.

sedeki 7y ago
They should have just named someone else. Now we have to qualify any sentence referencing the Economics price each time we say it.
- cyborgx7 7y ago
  >Now we have to qualify any sentence referencing the Economics price each time we say it. They should have to do that, but they don't. Which is precisely the point, and why they didn't name it something else.
  - sedeki 7y ago
    I think you are overestimating the intellect of Sweden’s central bankers.
    - cyborgx7 7y ago
      I don't know. "If our discipline had a Nobel Prize, people would consider it most legitimate" isn't really a genius level plan.
no_identd 7y ago
I normally refrain from saying things like "This should be the top comment.", but in this case I'd go as far as say that this comment should get stickied. To understand why I say that, I'd recommend watching this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLtEo8lplwg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLtEo8lplwg