Comments on: Nobel Stuff

By: More Nobel surprises : Core Economics

More Nobel surprises : Core Economics — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:49:29 +0000

[...] on the subject (including Milgrom and Roberts famous one or, for that matter, this). (Kudos to Peter Klein though for getting it [...]

By: Applying the Obama Nobel principle at catallaxyfiles

Applying the Obama Nobel principle at catallaxyfiles — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 10:33:58 +0000

[...] Obama could get the economics prize. Afterall he did teach at the University of Chicago. While Peter Klein (at Organizations and Markets) suggests that following Obama’s win that Ben Bernanke should [...]

By: Cliff Grammich

Cliff Grammich — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:46:50 +0000

I dunno, Peter . . . I wonder if Obama is wearing his “I Went to Europe for the Olympics and All I Got Was a Nobel Prize” t-shirt . . .

By: Peter Klein

Peter Klein — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:43:39 +0000

I noticed that too. I was expecting Nicolai or Lasse to say that greatness in this field has something to do with Scandinavian ancestry.

By: libertyfirst

libertyfirst — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:37:38 +0000

I don’t understand. Is it necessary for organizational economists to have a surname which ends with on or om? ;)

By: Russ Coff

Russ Coff — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:15:43 +0000

I’m thinking that Yoram Bauman is building a worthy record (see his video comments simplifying Mankiw’s principles of Economics book to 10 bullet points ;-). Unfortunately, I will have to miss his presentation at the Atlanta AEA meetings in January.

http://www.standupeconomist.com/

By: Peter Klein

Peter Klein — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:58:52 +0000

I think I just found a new, textbook illustration of “influence activities.”

By: Per Bylund

Per Bylund — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:36:21 +0000

How about a shared prize in memory of Alfred Nobel awarded to Foss & Klein? It is about time, isn’t it?