Archive for October 14th, 2013

Nobel Economics Prize 2013 to Fama/Shiller/Hansen…

October 14, 2013

There you go….Fama and Shiller finally along with Peter Hansen “for their empirical analysis of asset prices”.

Additional info from the Committee:

Well, just a few days back I said who knows Fama might get the prize this year. And he did..

But what a choice. Fama and Shiller at the same time…

Teaching and Researching History in India..

October 14, 2013

Prof. Biswamoy Pati of DU has this article in EPW saharing his experiences on teaching history in India.

In two words it is tough & complex:

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What spinach tells us about economics?

October 14, 2013

The article is actually on why railroads did not change the world based on Bob Fogel’s stirring work which questioned the prebvailing wisdom.

However, what interested me more was this spinach story. The piece is written by Prof. C. Hoyt Bleakley  of UChic:

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Nobel Peace Prize vs Prize for Economics..

October 14, 2013

Two articles favoring one over other.

 


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