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Paul Krugman Awarded Nobel Prize For Economics

Posted by kdawson on from the too-smart-fr-government dept.

zogger writes in his journal, "The guy who put together the concept of geographical location combined with cheap transportation leading to 'like trades with like' and the rise of superindustrial trading blocs has won the Nobel economics science prize. He's a bigtime critic of a lot of this administration's policies, and is unabashedly an FDR-economy styled fella. Here is his blog at the NYTimes." Reader yoyoq adds that Krugman's career choice was inspired by reading Asimov's Foundation series at a young age.

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  1. Not a Nobel Prize! by I'll+Provide+The+War · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It should be noted that this prize is NOT awarded by the Nobel Foundation.

    The actual title of this award is The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel and it is awarded by a bank.

    http://nobelprize.org/nomination/economics/nominators.html

    "The Prize in Economics is not a Nobel Prize."