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So-called Nobel Prize in Economics is NOT a Nobel prize!!

"To quote Alfred’s great-grandnephew Peter Nobel, “Nobel despised people who cared more about profits than society’s well-being. There is nothing to indicate that he would have wanted such a prize”, and deliberate association of Nobel prizes in Economics is “a PR coup by economists to improve their reputation” "
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https://developingeconomics.org/2024/10/22/the-nobel-illusion-why-the-nobel-prize-in-economics-needs-to-be-abolished/


The Nobel Illusion: Why the Nobel Prize in Economics Needs to be Abolished

Every year the Nobel Prize is awarded to different disciplines including Economics. And each year it generates a wave of euphoria and hype. But unlike literature and natural sciences, economics is …
Developing Economics
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Nicole Parsons
Nicole Parsons
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Some economists provide valuable insights worthy of examination:

The idea that misogyny, xenophobia, & Jim Crow are wage suppression schemes.

1. Marilyn Waring
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Waring

2. Claudia Goldin
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_Goldin

3. Heather McGhee
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_McGhee

4. Bernard Anderson
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_E._Anderson

5. Thomas Picketty
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Piketty

The teaching of economics is corrupted
https://mises.org/mises-daily/friedmanite-corruption-capitalism

Corrupt "Trickle Down" advocates:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_school_of_economics


The Friedmanite Corruption of Capitalism

Stockman makes the case that the Austrian business cycle theory is a far more reliable source of understanding about the Great Depression than the Friedmanite
Thomas J. DiLorenzo (Mises Institute)
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Richard Hull
Richard Hull
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@Npars01 Yes!! Thank you, these are mostly very useful - although I have my doubts about von Mises. Here are some of my favourites:

Elinor Ostrom (1st woman to win so-called Nobel memorial prize)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elinor_Ostrom

Edith Penrose (Theory of the Firm)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Penrose

Carlotta Perez (Techno-Economic Paradigms)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlota_Perez

Mariana Mazucatto (student of Carlotta)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariana_Mazzucato

Chris Freeman (Carlotta's husband)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Freeman


Italian-American economist, professor (University College London)

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