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by nabla9 611 days ago
Not being the original does not make it any less meaningful. Repeating the same "Not real Nobel" spiel every time Nobel price in Economics is discussed as it is some kind of refutation is silly.

>Is there any reason

Yes there is. Nobel committee has accepted Nobel in economics as one of the Nobel prices. Its in their website, in their documents and its given out in the same ceremony in Stockholm. Laureates are selected by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

"created by a bank "

Sveriges Riksbank is the central bank of Sweden. It's not a just some random private bank.

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Exactly, it is a central bank.