
Nobel Economics Versus Social Democracy
Oct 10, 2016 argues that the prize's origin and the selection of winners reflect an ongoing political struggle.
Avner Offer, an emeritus professor of economic history at the University of Oxford, fellow of All Souls College, and member of the British Academy, is the co-author (with Gabriel Söderberg) of The Nobel Factor: The Prize in Economics, Social Democracy, and the Market Turn (Princeton University Press, 2016).
Oct 10, 2016 argues that the prize's origin and the selection of winners reflect an ongoing political struggle.