10-10-2015 09:22 via news.yahoo.com

After 75 winners, Nobel Economics Prize still contentious

For economists, who often disagree with one another and get their forecasts wrong, the idea of a Nobel Prize for economics remains controversial after 75 years. This year's winner of the "Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel" will be announced on Monday at 1:00 pm (1100 GMT) at a ceremony in Stockholm that wraps up the 2015 Nobel season. Each year, critics note that Alfred Nobel, the Swedish philanthropist and scientist who founded the other awards, never had the idea to reward e
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