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Betting on the Nobel Prize for Economics

Geoff Riley

8th October 2008

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13th October is the date for the announcement of the 2008 Nobel Prize for Economics. Some of the economists featuring in pre-announcement betting include:

Martin Feldstein Thomas Sargent Robert Barro Paul Romer Jagdish Bhagwati Paul Krugman Gregory Mankiw

The concentration of US economists is perhaps unavoidable given the past history of winners. It would be gratifying to think that someone such as Bhagwati might win it for his contributions to our understanding of globalisation especially in a year when the challenges facing globalisation have never been more starkly felt.

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

@tutor2uGeoff

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