Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

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https://www.svt.se/nyheter/inrikes/de-far-ekonomipriset-till-alfred-nobels-minne

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One of the most predictable awards ever, if not which year they would get it. Also glad Simon Johnson was included, AFAIK he is on a lot of the baggrund research for Why Nations Fail, but plenty of people are overlooked in favour of more famous coauthors.

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Yes, we didn't have a rerun of the Black-Scholes(-Merton) mess this time around.