{"id":2281,"date":"2011-10-04T19:25:11","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T19:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/?p=2281"},"modified":"2015-01-12T09:20:02","modified_gmt":"2015-01-12T17:20:02","slug":"is-the-nobel-prize-in-economics-really-a-nobel-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/is-the-nobel-prize-in-economics-really-a-nobel-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the “Nobel” in Economics Really a “Nobel Prize?” – How Astrology Can Obtain that Elusive Credibility."},"content":{"rendered":"

Alfred Nobel’s will only<\/span> included funding and direction for genuine sciences<\/a> and for making a better world. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr Nobel’s will specifically directed 5 prizes for: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace. <\/strong>Consistent with that wish there was no prize for Economics (or Astrology for that matter).<\/p>\n

But Money Always Creeps In<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In 1969 the Swedish bank Sveriges Riksbank<\/strong> wanted to grab some prestige for moneyed interests. So they dreamed up a Economics prize. With some clever persuasion all it took was a $1 million a year gift to the genuine Nobel Foundation<\/strong> and – and poof — the Bank created a prize for money “economics” that most people never realize was never authorized by Alfred Nobel, the benefactor and namesake of the renowned prize.<\/p>\n

The Swedish bank Sveriges Riksbank reportedly pays $1 million dollars a year “for administrative costs” and to have their economics prize included on the genuine Nobel Prize website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

So it appears that Astrologers, Homeopaths and Big Foot enthusiasts can now purchase that elusive credibility. Now that they know that all it takes to get a Nobel prize established – is a one million dollar a year donation to the Nobel Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alfred Nobel’s will only included funding and direction for genuine sciences and for making a better world. Mr Nobel’s will specifically directed 5 prizes for: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace. Consistent with that wish there was no … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2281"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2283,"href":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2281\/revisions\/2283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/daviddilworth.com\/pol\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}