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leveymg

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4. I knew this had to be about an economist. There might as well be a Nobel Prize for prostitution.

Reply to cthulu2016 (Original post)

Sat May 26, 2012, 03:03 PM

May 2012

No field in the social sciences is more distorted by wingnuttery or more "expert for hire" to highest cash bidders than Economics. Hard to even call a lot of the dismal science real science. That is particularly true of the Chicago School and "Perfect Market" true believers (fortunately, that allows for honest analysis by Stiglitz, Krugman and some other critical economists).

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Meet a wing-nut Nobel Prize Winner [View all] cthulu2016 May 2012 OP

Don't you know? Nobel Prizes come in Crackerjack Boxes. Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #1

The real Nobel prizes are the ones in Chemistry, Medicine or Physiology, and Physics FarCenter May 2012 #5

Oh and another reason not to respect Paul Krugman: Manifestor_of_Light May 2012 #2

Most of the Great Experts who make their bones "disproving" Keynes Warpy May 2012 #3

I knew this had to be about an economist. There might as well be a Nobel Prize for prostitution. leveymg May 2012 #4