Some names are recurrent in the betting pools, but– as usually– it does not appear that anybody has a very clear favourite for this year’s Economics Nobel, and that seems true even in terms of the Econ area(s) to be currently rewarded.
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Weekend Econlinks
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EMH: it really ain’t dead. (via Mankiw)
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Harvard’s financial report for 2009. And some of the (dire) consequences.
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Head hunting for a (younger than Mas-Colell…legal requirement, apparently) distinguished scientist to be the European Research Council’s new Director.
Sunday econlinks
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An interesting debate in the latest issue of Capitalism and Society on the current status of Economics and other Social Sciences, worth reading especially for the two comments to the leading article on the theme.
Econlinks
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Eric Maskin on the financial crisis (Mankiw, Cheaptalk and MR link to this interview, among others). Maskin is one of the smartest persons alive, so this is mandatory– a must read in particular for those who’d like to crucify all economic theorists :-).
Half of a Nobel
Certainly Williamson was expected to win sooner or later (sooner rather than later), in fact I predicted him to be winning, yesterday (and a year ago, and two years ago…).
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