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Why did such a flawed research win him a Nobel Prize? It's not like the Nobel Committee is made up of conservative politicians.

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At first I thought this comment was a joke, but I see you made the GP comment so maybe serious (or just a good troll?).

In any case, yes, the Nobel Prize committee for Economics is made up of eminent economists, who are indeed probably best thought of as small-c conservative small-p politicians, rather than academics in the tradtional sense.

It was a serious question, and thank you for your answer. I knew nothing about the composition of the people who award it. I see now that the same Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences that awards the other (hard science) Nobel Prizes also award the Nobel Memorial Prize, and I'll take your word on the views of the composition of that specific committee.

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