This Year's Economics Nobel Was Another Triumph For The Blackboard Over The Real World

Tuesday, October 28, 2014 - 00:20 in Mathematics & Economics

Jean Tirole's theories, capturing reality as an afterthought? IMF, CC BY-NC-NDBy David Spencer, University of LeedsIt’s that time of year again – when academic economics, thanks to the Nobel Prize announcements, is thrust into the public gaze. read more

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