The announcement of Paul Krugman as the winner of the economics Nobel prize All images: ProlineserverAmerican Paul Krugman yesterday won the Nobel Prize for Economics for developing a theory known as the “new trade theory” and “new economic geography”. Tyler Cowen , a professor of economics at George Mason University , stated that he believed the award may have been motivated by politics. "They could have waited and nobody would have asked that question, he said. "It's fair speculation that in part they are making a political statement. Krugman does deserve it, though. It's not only a political statement." Robert Solow , Krugman's former professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , dismissed these claims, however. "I don't think it's true for one minute. I wouldn't be surprised if next year it was a conservative who wins. I really think that it's pure coincidence and there is no reason at all to suppose his columns [in newspapers] had any role in this choice."
The announcement of as the winner of the economics Nobel prize All images: ProlineserverAmerican yesterday won the Nobel Prize for developing a theory known as the “new trade theory” and “new economic geography”. , a professor of economics at , stated that he believed the award may have been motivated by politics. "They could have waited and nobody would have asked that question, he said. "It's fair speculation that in part they are making a political statement. Krugman does deserve it, though. It's not only a political statement." , Krugman's former professor at the , dismissed these claims, however. "I don't think it's true for one minute. I wouldn't be surprised if next year it was a conservative who wins. I really think that it's pure coincidence and there is no reason at all to suppose his columns [in newspapers] had any role in this choice."
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