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Which career for you? Nobel winner offers advice.

Which career is right depends on a lot more than money. If you're trying to decide which career you want, MIT economist Peter Diamond has some ideas.
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Obama, where are your economists?

Politicians need a team of stellar economists for advice during campaign season, and Obama seems to have lost his
Economist Mom
Who needs a Nobel Laureate when we have Google?

Nobel Prize winner Peter Diamond was turned down from the board of the Federal Reserve. Are his philosophical and analytical perspective undervalued?
Stefan Karlsson
Nobel laureates: unemployment benefits increase unemployment (for now)

This year's Nobel winners looked at the mismatch between job seekers and job openings. Too many modelers don't.
Economist Mom
Easier to win a Nobel Prize than get Senate approval

Peter Diamond won the Nobel Prize this morning, but his appointment to the Federal Reserve Board has been hung up in the Senate.
Nobel Prize in Economics awarded for unemployment research

The Nobel Prize in Economics was awarded to three economists who examined how unemployment can remain high while jobs stand vacant.
Obama budget: restoring income equality in the US?

Liberal economists see the $3.6 trillion proposal as a 'step in the right direction.'