Inside Story - The politics of the Nobel Prize - Oct 16 Part 1

Now Paul Krugman is a Nobel Laureate and suddenly has a much larger audience than before. But just three weeks before the US elections, right-wing politicians accuse the Nobel prize committee of siding with the left.

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[zutroy1]

It's only a surprise to people who are not academically involved in the field of economics, but then how could it possibly not be a surprise?

There is no academic argument for why Krugman should not have been awarded his prize, only a political and an ideological argument.

[mengwise36]

Those are Nobel Peace prizes. Of course they are political.

[Devilshful]

Of course, the prize is Swedish, using Swedish money. What would you expect?

[jpbalkenende]

@blue

Being brilliant doesn't neccecerily mean you are well spoken, though I enjoy hearing Krugman talk he really likes his 'ummm's'.

[jpbalkenende]

@sakura

Yeah... That doesn't make any sense. I don't want to sound like a conservative dipshit but if anything Islamic leaders were probably cheering this because they hate Bush even more than we do. That easily trumps the fact that Krugman is jewish.

[letherden]

its the state flag for ohio

[mengwise36]

No one said it should be a world prize. The money came from a westerner, and it is administrated by westerners.

[mengwise36]

We are in a global ECONOMICAL meltdown and you don't think the latest Nobel ECONOMIC price winner is not important? Maybe you are the one who is obsessed with Jews.

I see Krugman as an economist first and a Jew last. Maybe you should try to do the same.

[wanders25]

That's the State flag of Ohio. What did you think it might be? Something anti-Christian?