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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

I accept that, Don.  And, I know that he is smart, I read him regularly and 
see him on televeision commentary shows.  However, I believe his new position 
as a highly partisan political idealogue probably had as much or more with 
today's announcement , than any work he did twwnty years ago.  

Perhaps I shouldn't be so cynical, but after Al Gore was awarded the Peace 
Prize, and John Updike and Tom Wolfe have been consistently passed over for 
the Literary Prize, I stay questioning ............bobford


--- On Mon, 10/13/08, Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: Don Bowen <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>
> Subject: RE: [Homestead] Krugman wins Nobel
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com, homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Monday, October 13, 2008, 6:57 AM
> > These prize committees have become so politicized that
> even this prize is
> > losing relevancy.  I'm surprised they didn't
> just give the darn thing to
> > Goldman Sachs or Morgan  Stanley..........
> 
> The prize was given for his very substantial contributions
> to the field of
> economics twenty years ago.  Current and past political
> activities have very
> little if any bearing.
> 
> He is well respected in economic circles and has become
> well known for his
> NYT columns since 2000.  He started the columns as purely
> economic but
> quickly became politically involved as Bush Voodoo
> economics were pushed
> through a compliant congress.
> 
> Don Bowen  KI6DIU
> http://www.braingarage.com/Dons/Travels/journal/Journal.html