Readers & Thinkers: The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics. Prediction

Posted by on Oct 6, 2025 in Readers & Thinkers | Comments Off on Readers & Thinkers: The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics. Prediction Dear All: This week begins the annual announcement of Nobel Prizes in a variety of fields.  The economics Nobel prize will be announced on October 13, 2025 (Columbus Day). By the way, San Francisco, unfortunately, still has not returned the Columbus statue to its place. Last Year’s Winners Last year, the prize was given to Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson. The prize was given “for studies of how...
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Readers & Thinkers: The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics: …il principe non ruba e non deve mai derubare i suoi concittadini o i suoi sudditi, perché si dimentica prima la morte del padre assassinato che la perdita del proprio patrimonio…

Posted by on Oct 14, 2024 in Readers & Thinkers | Comments Off on Readers & Thinkers: The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics: …il principe non ruba e non deve mai derubare i suoi concittadini o i suoi sudditi, perché si dimentica prima la morte del padre assassinato che la perdita del proprio patrimonio… Dear All: Well, who won? The Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences for 2024 was announced today, October 14, 2024. It went to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James Robinson.     Acemoglu is 57 years old and was born in Instanbul, Turkey.  He obtained his  B.A. in economics from York University and his Master’s and Ph.D. in economics from the London School of Economics.  His Nobel-winning...
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Readers & Thinkers: The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics. Prediction

Posted by on Oct 9, 2024 in Readers & Thinkers | Comments Off on Readers & Thinkers: The 2024 Nobel Prize in Economics. Prediction Dear All: This week begins the annual announcement of Nobel Prizes in a variety of fields.  The economics Nobel prize will be announced on October 14, 2024 (Columbus Day). Last Year’s Winners Last year, the prize was given to Claudia Goldin  “for having advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes”.  I wrote a post blog about that.   Who will win in 2024? As I’ve said before,...
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Readers & Thinkers: The 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics: Your eyes can deceive you…

Posted by on Oct 9, 2023 in Readers & Thinkers | Comments Off on Readers & Thinkers: The 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics: Your eyes can deceive you… Dear All: Well, who won? The Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences for 2023 was announced today, October 9, 2023. It went to Claudia Goldin.   Goldin is 77 years old and was born in New York City, NY.  She obtained her B.A. in economics from Cornell University and her Master’s and Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago.  Her Nobel-winning work was done mainly while a professor at...
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Readers & Thinkers: The 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics. Prediction

Posted by on Oct 2, 2023 in Readers & Thinkers | Comments Off on Readers & Thinkers: The 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics. Prediction Dear All: This week begins the annual announcement of Nobel Prizes in a variety of fields.  The economics Nobel prize will be announced on October 9, 2023 (Columbus Day). Last Year’s Winners Last year, the prize was given to  Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond, and Philip Dybvig “for research on banks and financial crises”. Who will win in 2023? As I’ve said before, it’s just too hard to predict...
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