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Were The Economics Nobel Prize Winners "Ironic" Choices?

First Posted: 03/18/10 06:12 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 03:20 PM ET

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The odds favorite to win the Nobel, Eugene Fama, lost the prize to two other Americans, Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson.

Ostrom & Williamson study the way decisions are made outside of markets, which is the focus of many other economists.

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The odds favorite to win the Nobel, Eugene Fama, lost the prize to two other Americans, Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson. Ostrom & Williamson study the way decisions are made outside of markets, w...
The odds favorite to win the Nobel, Eugene Fama, lost the prize to two other Americans, Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson. Ostrom & Williamson study the way decisions are made outside of markets, w...
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04:58 PM on 10/13/2009
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11:40 AM on 10/13/2009
It appears to me that these economists are studying how best to apply peoples weaknesses to luring them into buying various stocks. If they can predict or lure investors into doing their will then they can create a better methodology that will work to divest these investors of their funds. Its' sort of the way Marketing works. You find out what products people have a weakness for and use what you've learned toward the goal of freeing people of more of their cash. That's why and how the use of statistics was born.
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KarateKid
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02:11 PM on 10/12/2009
What's done is done. Why is everyone NOW questioning what this organization does, after all these years? It's THEIR choice, THEIR money, and no one else has a vote. The nominees did NOT seek this award. These Nobel articles are ridiculous.
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09:24 PM on 10/12/2009
I agree. A waste of space.
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