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Re:2023 Nobel Prize in economics awarded to Claudia Goldin by kevinmchugh on Monday October 09, 2023 @08:08AM (#37819586)
We could reasonably describe founding the prizes as a pathetic play for respectability on the behalf of Nobel himself.
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Re:2023 Nobel Prize in economics awarded to Claudia Goldin by grotorea on Monday October 09, 2023 @08:14AM (#37819622)
Posthumous respectability perhaps. But as far as things go, I didn't like my leaked obituary so I decided to do something good is not pathetic IMHO.
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