"Nobel" prize in Econ.

jf noonan jfn1 at msc.com
Sat Oct 10 13:36:02 PDT 1998


On Sat, 10 Oct 1998, Picciotto, Sol wrote:


> According to the Financial Times, the Nobel prize fund has been
> badly hit by the plunging markets, so there may not be enough cash
> in the pot to hand out. Maybe they should have a moratorium on the
> Economics prize this year, as its previous winners seem to have
> suffered a collision with reality.

That would certainly be fun, but the Economics prize is funded by some Swiss bank(s), isn't it? I mean, it's not a *real* Nobel Prize, is it? Alfred didn't set it up and I don't believe his legacy pays for it.

Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong.

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Joseph Noonan jfn1 at msc.com



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