At 10:11 AM 10/12/98 -0700, you wrote: >Joseph Noonan asked: >That would certainly be fun, but the Economics prize is funded by some >Swiss bank(s), isn't it? I mean, it's not a *real* Nobel Prize, is >it? Alfred didn't set it up and I don't believe his legacy pays for >it. > >Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong. > >-- >It is funded by the Swedish central bank (their FED). It was not set >up by Alfred. In fact, when it was suggested to him he said there >could be no prize in economics because econ was an ideology not a science. >Pretty astute for a chemist. On the other hand, it is said that Nobel adamantly opposed having a Prize for mathematicians because a mathematician slept with his wife. Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://clawww.lmu.edu/Departments/ECON/jdevine.html
