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Elinor Ostrom

Sexism and the Workplace: Have We Come a Long Way (Baby)?

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 10.24.2009 | Business

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Vivian Norris de Montaigu

The reality is that, even if you are a female executive at Goldman Sachs, you will never be part of the "boys' club" -- and guess what, it's still a boys' club.

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Equality: Past, Present and Future

Rep. Carolyn Maloney | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York

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Rep. Carolyn Maloney

Of the 211 statues in our nation's Capitol, only 11 are of female leaders. This is not because great women didn't exist. It is simply the case that we can do a great deal better in telling the whole story.

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A Nobel Prize for Sharing the Commons and Avoiding the Tragedy of Copenhagen

Mike Sandler | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green

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Mike Sandler

Elinor Ostrom's work won her the Nobel Prize in Economics but it could have significant impact on the environment, if applied to fisheries, groundwater, the ozone layer, public forests and oceans.

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Women Make Nobel History

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 10.15.2009 | World

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Madeleine M. Kunin

For the first time ever, three women won top science prizes and we saw the first woman in Nobel history awarded the economics prize. Girls are now just as good at math as the boys.

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Why Ostrom's Nobel Is Even More Shocking Than Obama's

Randall Amster | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business

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Randall Amster

Make no mistake, despite the somewhat tame Nobel committee description, Ostrom's body of work is inherently radical, demonstrably anti-corporate, and implicitly socialistic.

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Nobel Prizes 2009: A Record Year For Women (SLIDESHOW)

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 10.12.2009 | World

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AP -- This year a record five women were honored by the Nobel committees. In total, only 40 women have won the prestigious prizes, including Marie Cur...

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Were The Economics Nobel Prize Winners "Ironic" Choices?

The Big Picture | Barry Rithholtz | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Oliver Williamson, Nobel Peace Prize, Elinor Ostrom, Eugene Fama, Behavioral Economics, Business News

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

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The Nobel Prize in Inscrutability (i.e. Economics) Goes to...

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business

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<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

The ability to generate a large body of work on matters whose importance are shrouded in mystery is a key attribute of all world-class economists, and Nobel laureates Ostrom and Williamson are in the vanguard.

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Nobel Prize For Economics: Elinor Ostrom, Oliver Williamson Win

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA, KARL RITTER and MATT MOORE | Posted 10.12.2009 | Business

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WASHINGTON — One scholar studies how best to manage resources like forests, fisheries and oilfields. A fellow American looks at why some compani...

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