I do think it's funny that the economics prize is the one that "bought" its way into this prestige.
Little to no opinion on what it should be called, personally. The asterisk associated with the name is just what comes to mind first.
Little to no opinion on what it should be called, personally. The asterisk associated with the name is just what comes to mind first.
So by now, I think that the Sveriges riksbanks pris might have "better pedigree" and that Alfred Nobel is honored by the dedication, especially given the stellar research that it is often recognizing
The way that the Nobel prize gets referred to in American media sometimes makes me feel like it is an almost religious invocation (except that they do not actually say the words "hallowed" or "blessed") -- if a Nobel laureate has said X is the case, who are you to say X is not the case, etc.