Guest Post: Liu Xiaobo’s Peace Prize
Guest poster MH reflects on the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo, including its implications for the prospects for democracy in China. — RM. Late on Friday it was announced that Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo has been [...]
The Economics Nobel
For the first time ever, the Nobel Prize for Economics has been awarded to a woman, Elinor Ostrom (jointly with Oliver E. Williamson). John Quiggin, writing in Crikey today [where incidentally, he throws a sop to the pedants by pointing [...]
Nobel Prize roundup
The three science-related Nobel science prizes have been awarded, and it seems like as good as time as any to look at what humanity can accomplish with effort and a bit of luck along the way.
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