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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Readers & Thinkers: The 2022 Nobel Prize in Economics: You’re thinking of this place all wrong – the money’s not here – [its] in Joe’s house…

Posted by on Oct 10, 2022 in Readers & Thinkers | Comments Off on Readers & Thinkers: The 2022 Nobel Prize in Economics: You’re thinking of this place all wrong – the money’s not here – [its] in Joe’s house… Dear All: Well, who won? The Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences for 2022 was announced today, October 10, 2022. It went to Ben Bernanke (former Federal Reserve chairman), Douglas Diamond, and Philip Dybvig.   Bernanke is 68 years old and was born in Augusta, Georgia.  He obtained his B.A. from Harvard University and his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.   His Nobel-winning...
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Readers & Thinkers: The 2022 Nobel Prize in Economics. Prediction

Posted by on Oct 3, 2022 in Readers & Thinkers | Comments Off on Readers & Thinkers: The 2022 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 10, 2022 (Columbus Day). Last Year’s Winner Last year’s prize went to David Card, Josh Angrist, and Guido Imbens “for their methodological contributions to the analysis of causal relationships”.  Who will win in 2022? As I’ve said before, it’s...
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Readers & Thinkers: The 2021 Nobel Prize in Economics. E’ Solo Un Trucco

Posted by on Oct 11, 2021 in Readers & Thinkers | Comments Off on Readers & Thinkers: The 2021 Nobel Prize in Economics. E’ Solo Un Trucco Dear All: Well, who won? The Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences for 2021 was announced today, October 11, 2021. It went to David Card, Josh Angrist, and Guido Imbens. Card is 65 years old and was born in Guelph, Canada.  He obtained his B.A. from the Queens University and his Ph.D. from Princeton University.   His Nobel-winning work was done while at Princeton University.  He is currently a...
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