[circlecity]

I wasn’t calling you a socialist - I was listing the attributes which will qualify one for a Nobel in economics. Poorly worded post. But who are the conservative economists in the last 20 years who have won Nobel prizes?

[Reily]

James Buchanan just down the road from me at George Mason U. (Though I think he is emeritus now!) At one time not too long ago the GMU Econ department had 3 of the top 10 economists in the country and 2 Nobel Prize winners. It is a very free market oriented department. Walter Williams (who does conservative political columns and subbsitutes for Rush) is or was the chair of that department.

And there have been other free market oriented economist when that prize recently. I would have to do some research to pull up their names. I am not an economists so I don't follow that field's “movers and shakers” very closely!