Monday, October 12, 2009

Score another one for the ladies (and the UC system)!

First woman Nobelist in economics today!  Elinor Ostrom, a professor at Indiana University, is a political scientist (Nobel committee decided that perhaps honoring traditional economists wasn't the best idea this year) and got her PhD from UCLA.  She was a co-recipient with Oliver E. Williamson, a Berkeley professor.

Update: Paul Krugman, last year's Econ Nobelist, explains why they got the award.

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