Not to be associated or confused with the The Nobel Prize:

http://economicstudents.com/2013/10/a-brief-history-of-the-n...

[EDIT] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Memorial_Prize_in_Economi...

Among critics is the Swedish human rights lawyer Peter Nobel, a great-grandson of Ludvig Nobel.[26] Nobel criticizes the awarding institution of misusing his family's name, and states that no member of the Nobel family has ever had the intention of establishing a prize in economics.[27] [/EDIT]