On Sat, 10 Oct 1998, Picciotto, Sol wrote: > According to the Financial Times, the Nobel prize fund has been > badly hit by the plunging markets, so there may not be enough cash > in the pot to hand out. Maybe they should have a moratorium on the > Economics prize this year, as its previous winners seem to have > suffered a collision with reality. That would certainly be fun, but the Economics prize is funded by some Swiss bank(s), isn't it? I mean, it's not a *real* Nobel Prize, is it? Alfred didn't set it up and I don't believe his legacy pays for it. Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong. -- Joseph Noonan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
