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Elinor Ostrom, American, becomes the first woman ever to win the Nobel Prize for Economics;

Posted by Loyola Oct 12 '09, 09:38

"Elinor Ostrom defied conventional wisdom with studies that showed that user-managed properties -- such as community fish stocks or woodland areas -- more often than not were better run than standard theories predicted.

The previously accepted view was that common property was poorly managed and should be either regulated centrally or privatized."

She's 76.
Very well done.

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE59B1PQ20091012 (www.reuters.com)

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That makes 9 out of 13 recipients this year who are american. -- nm - decline Oct 12, 09:44 4
- Americans must be the smartiest. -- nm - Loyola Oct 12, 09:45 3
  - It's more that the US is where the most cutting edge research is done. Two of this years 3 Nobel Prize winners, eg, were born and educated elsewhere -- nm - Roger More Oct 12, 10:13
  - That was what I said! -- nm - Dubya Oct 12, 09:46 1
    - He did?! Heh. -- nm - Loyola Oct 12, 09:46

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