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AMERICAblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
While attending the Symi Symposium in Greece last week, I was able to spend some time with Joseph Stiglitz , a Nobel-prize-winning economist from Columbia University. Stiglitz not only won the Nobel prize in Economics a few years back, but he also served as the chair of President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisers. Stiglitz is an amazing man. He kind of reminds you of your favorite college professor....
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
Obituary: American economist and mathematician who was awarded the 2007 Nobel prize
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AMERICAblog (Free subscription) | 15/07/2008
I've got two interviews scheduled for tomorrow, and I'd like your suggestions for questions. The first interview is with Nobel prize in economics winner Joseph Stiglitz of Columbia University. As I wrote yesterday , Stiglitz is the man who recently came up with the $3 trillion price tag for Iraq, as described in his new book, The Three Trillion Dollar War . I'm thinking of asking him about Iraq, of...
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
Worldly wise, charming and ferociously intellectual, Leonid Hurwicz was, in the final year of his life, further distinguished by becoming the oldest laureate in the 40-year history of the Nobel Prize for economics.
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The Technology Liberation Front (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
Did you know that one of last year’s winners of the Nobel Prize in economics was a software patent critic? I didn’t. Looks like a good paper. I wish I’d noticed it back when Maskin’s Nobel prize was announced.
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 27/06/2008
By AMY FORLITI, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MINNEAPOLIS Leonid Hurwicz, who shared the Nobel Prize in economics last year for developing a theory that helps explain how buyers and sellers can maximize their gains, has died at age 90, a spokesman said Wednesday. Mr.
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 27/06/2008
Leonid Hurwicz, an emeritus professor at the University of Minnesota who shared the Nobel Prize in economics last year, has died. He was 90. Hurwicz, who lived in Minneapolis, became ill about a week before his death Tuesday night, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported.
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Business Times Asiaone (Free subscription) | 26/06/2008
(MINNEAPOLIS) Leonid Hurwicz, the oldest Nobel Prize recipient who shared the award in economics last year for developing a theory that helps explain how buyers and sellers can maximise their gains, has died at age 90, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
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Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 26/06/2008
Leonid Hurwicz, who shared the Nobel Prize in economics last year for developing a theory that helps explain how buyers and sellers can maximize their gains, has died at age 90, a spokesman said Wednesday.
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 26/06/2008
Mr. Hurwicz shared the Nobel Prize in economics last year for his work on mechanism design theory, which helps explain the interaction among individuals, markets and institutions.
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Get Mash (Free subscription) | 26/06/2008
AP - Leonid Hurwicz, who shared the Nobel Prize in economics last year for developing a theory that helps explain how buyers and sellers can maximize their gains, has died at age 90, a spokesman said Wednesday. Read the full story
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THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS (Free subscription) | 23/06/2008
Robert Mundell isn't in the habit of making fruitless policy recommendations, though some take a long time ripening. Nearly four decades passed between his early work on optimal currency areas and the birth of the euro in 1999 - the same year he received the Nobel Prize for economics.... Democratic nominee Barack Obama regularly professes disdain for the Bush tax cuts, suggesting that those growth-spurring...
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GravitationalPull.net (Free subscription) | 13/06/2008
There’s lots of fascinating research about just how truly horrible consumers and investors we all are most of the time. The field of behavioral economics has produced much scholarship along these lines. Princeton professor Danny Kahneman won the Nobel Prize for economics in 2002 for his research showing in essence that people make radically different [...]
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/06/2008
HIGH unemployment is the biggest obstacle to SA reaching gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 6% and more, says Michael Spence, a winner of the Nobel Prize in economics and professor emeritus of management at Stanford University.
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 12/06/2008
HIGH unemployment is the biggest obstacle to SA reaching gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 6% and more, says Michael Spence, a winner of the Nobel Prize in economics and professor emeritus of management at Stanford University.
