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by jedrek 622 days ago
The economics prize is not an actual Nobel prize, but something "inspired" by the Nobel prize. It's little more than a tool to push neoliberal policies to the public, with 34 of the 56 winners tied to the Chicago School of Economics.
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They just hijacked the prestige of the field.

Like medical doctors did with the term doctor and psychiatrists by claiming they were doing medicine.

The list is almost endeless.