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
Is there anyone the team sees as leading research into intangibles, human relationship constructs such as trust, knowledge, social and intellectual capital? Excuse me if some of these are not dead central in economics vocabulary. In working with major multinational companies, these are now core

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

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