RE: Handicapping the 2001 Noble Prize in Economics

2001-09-26 Thread Grey Thomas
-Original Message- From: Technotranscendence [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 4:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Handicapping the 2001 Noble Prize in Economics ... Of course, there's no need to wait for the Nobel people to do that. You can always

RE: Handicapping the 2001 Noble Prize in Economics

2001-09-26 Thread Grey Thomas
-Original Message- From: Technotranscendence [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 4:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Handicapping the 2001 Noble Prize in Economics On Friday, September 21, 2001 9:27 PM fabio guillermo rojas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: Handicapping the 2001 Noble Prize in Economics

2001-09-22 Thread Technotranscendence
On Friday, September 21, 2001 9:27 PM fabio guillermo rojas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Other nobel prizes have been awarded to individuals that weren't formally trained. Some literature winners were not fiction writers, a recent physics went to an engineer and medicine/physiology often goes to

Re: Handicapping the 2001 Noble Prize in Economics

2001-09-22 Thread Bryan D Caplan
Tullock's degree is in law, but almost all of his countless publications are in economics. -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics George Mason University http://www.bcaplan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'When a man thinks he's

Re: Handicapping the 2001 Noble Prize in Economics

2001-09-22 Thread jklick
Nash, a mathematician, has won. - Original Message - From: fabio guillermo rojas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, September 22, 2001 0:27 am Subject: Re: Handicapping the 2001 Noble Prize in Economics Other nobel prizes have been awarded to individuals that weren't formally trained

Re: Handicapping the 2001 Noble Prize in Economics

2001-09-21 Thread chris macrae
such a superficial analysis of the practical economics of intangibles as the cover story ProLogo 2 weeks ago chris macrae - Original Message - From: Bill Dickens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 September 2001 21:21 PM Subject: Handicapping the 2001 Noble Prize in Economics

RE: Handicapping the 2001 Noble Prize in Economics

2001-09-21 Thread Bill Dickens
costs in economics has definitely blurred the distinction between law and economics. QED Bill Dickens [FL-based] -Original Message- From: jim horsman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 10:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Handicapping the 2001 Noble Prize

Re: Handicapping the 2001 Noble Prize in Economics

2001-09-21 Thread jim horsman
Not to be picky, (I guess I am) but, isn't Tullock a lawyer by primary credential and training sure, but we can define an economist as one who publishes in economic journals. Not too many more prolific than Gordon.

Re: Handicapping the 2001 Noble Prize in Economics

2001-09-21 Thread fabio guillermo rojas
Other nobel prizes have been awarded to individuals that weren't formally trained. Some literature winners were not fiction writers, a recent physics went to an engineer and medicine/physiology often goes to non-MD biologists. If people started thinking contribution to economic thought, then we

Handicapping the 2001 Noble Prize in Economics

2001-09-20 Thread Bill Dickens
As Fall approaches one of the interesting rituals involves the selection of Nobel Laureates. While I'm not a legitimate bookie, I do engage in some innocuous speculation about who will receive the Nobel Prize in Economics. I did however correctly forecast Robert Mundell several years ago but for

Re: Handicapping the 2001 Noble Prize in Economics

2001-09-20 Thread fabio guillermo rojas
Of course, Bill, the right thing to do would be to state some odds and place a bet. Fabio On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Bill Dickens wrote: As Fall approaches one of the interesting rituals involves the selection of Nobel Laureates. While I'm not a legitimate bookie, I do engage in some innocuous

Re: Handicapping the 2001 Noble Prize in Economics

2001-09-20 Thread Bryan Caplan
My wish (not prediction): Joint prize for Anne Krueger and Gordon Tullock for rent-seeking. -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics George Mason University http://www.bcaplan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Familiar as the voice of

Re: Handicapping the 2001 Noble Prize in Economics

2001-09-20 Thread dmitche4
: Handicapping the 2001 Noble Prize in Economics My wish (not prediction): Joint prize for Anne Krueger and Gordon Tullock for rent-seeking. -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics George Mason University http://www.bcaplan.com

Re: Handicapping the 2001 Noble Prize in Economics

2001-09-20 Thread William Dickens
I will happlily give 5 to 1 that George beats out Janet in getting the Nobel. - Bill Dickens (the DC one) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/20/01 18:44 PM Of course, Bill, the right thing to do would be to state some odds and place a bet. Fabio On Thu, 20 Sep 2001, Bill Dickens wrote: As Fall