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> But if you still see a huge problem, just get your correct model, back your results with data and enjoy getting the Nobel prize.

The "Nobel prize" for economics isn't a real Nobel prize. It was made up to make economists feel better.

From Wikipedia:

> He explained that "Nobel despised people who cared more about profits than society's well-being", saying that "There is nothing to indicate that he would have wanted such a prize", and that the association with the Nobel prizes is "a PR coup by economists to improve their reputation"

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Memorial_Prize_in_Econ...



> Nobel despised people who cared more about profits than society's well-being

Good thing the prize isn't for Business Administration then. Also ironic, since it's economics which studies anti-trust and gives legitimacy to strike down such practices.


Doesn't really matter in practice, IMO.




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