Krugman Gets the Nobel...
From the news wire:
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced Monday that Paul Krugman, professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University, is the 2008 winner of The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. The academy cited his work in analyzing "trade patterns and location of economic activity" and integrating "the previously disparate research fields of international trade and economic geography."
I am speechless. Google “Paul Krugman” and read some of his prolific ranting (I refuse to link to any of them). This proves the utter bankruptcy of the Nobel selection process. It has become an almost pure act of political correctness...
Why not actually read the works that he was awarded the Nobel prize for, rather than just googling him and reading everything he's written.
ReplyDeleteHe wasn't given the prize for his entire body of work, he was given the prize for specific research he did, regardless of other things he has written.