http://crookedtimber.org/2004/10/03/ignobels/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:37:39 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://crookedtimber.org/2004/10/03/ignobels/comment-page-1/#comment-45050 Ken Houghton Mon, 04 Oct 2004 14:19:42 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2291#comment-45050 Maybe if they gave it to an economist who actually worked to improve life, instead of those who explain why it is right and proper that people are kept poor, dirty, and busy. (last phrase truncated for cleanliness) Maybe if they gave it to an economist who actually worked to improve life, instead of those who explain why it is right and proper that people are kept poor, dirty, and busy. (last phrase truncated for cleanliness)

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/10/03/ignobels/comment-page-1/#comment-45049 des von bladet Mon, 04 Oct 2004 09:39:18 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2291#comment-45049 It should be noted that there is <b>no Nobel prize for Economics</b>, althought the The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel is often mistaken for one. (Not least by economists.) It should be noted that there is no Nobel prize for Economics, althought the The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel is often mistaken for one. (Not least by economists.)

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/10/03/ignobels/comment-page-1/#comment-45048 John Quiggin Mon, 04 Oct 2004 05:43:21 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2291#comment-45048 I'd cavil at "a majority", but there are plenty of IgNobel candidates. I’d cavil at “a majority”, but there are plenty of IgNobel candidates.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/10/03/ignobels/comment-page-1/#comment-45047 raj Sun, 03 Oct 2004 16:14:56 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2291#comment-45047 It should be noted that the Nobel prize for economics is not awarded by the Nobel committee, but by some Scandinavian bank. It should be noted that the Nobel prize for economics is not awarded by the Nobel committee, but by some Scandinavian bank.

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