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philwelch on Nov 20, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Linus Torvalds for Nobel Peace Prize?

The economics prize usually goes to an economist, not to someone who actually demonstrates something about the economy in practice.

standalonematt on Nov 20, 2009 [–]

Thanks for that - I don't really know much about the criteria for awarding the economics prize.

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