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1. Economist
   e99e
   

   The last year in which no US citizen was awarded a Nobel prize in economics: 1999. And that was a Canadian.

   Note also that this is true even if you are only counting "natural born" US citizens, so this isn't an artifact of the dominance of US universities in economics.

   How likely is this sort of trend to be in, say, 20 years? Conventional wisdom says it is likely to end with the larger number of researchers from other countries, but a mental check of the 40-50 year olds at the top of the profession is still dominated by Americans.

   10 years ago # QUOTE 2 Volod 0 Vlad !

2. Economist
   8f53
   

   US dominated because of jews

   10 years ago # QUOTE 3 Volod 3 Vlad !

3. Economist
   84df
   

   I'm a Professor in Cambridge, MA, did my undergrad at Berkeley. For readers unfamiliar with the inside-baseball, Berkeley is ranked somewhere in the 3-6 range, while Harvard and MIT duke it out over the 1 and 2 slots.

   I was always impressed by Professors in the Berkeley econ department, but as a group they're just not in the same league as my colleagues here. The drop-off in input quality when you leave 02138/9 is pretty steep, and it must be even steeper when you look past the top 6-10. I mean this in the least arrogant way possible.

   The consensus is that most of the value-added comes from interacting with your colleagues, so the peer effects are dominant. In terms of teaching, I actually found my Berkeley colleagues put in more effort, but the courses here are at a higher level.

   I can't speak to the quality of the advising elsewhere, but the dominance of the top schools self-perpetuates pretty easily. Because 2/3 of the faculty at the top 6 are American, any potential editor I end up with has personal relationships with any potential colleague chosen to referee my papers. It's a comforting thought.

   10 years ago # QUOTE 18 Volod 1 Vlad !

4. Economist
   e5f1
   

   Thanks for the inside baseball, Brawk.

   10 years ago # QUOTE 2 Volod 0 Vlad !

5. Economist
   4c4f
   

   Why helllooo der, I be a janitor at the Cambridge university company. I be workin my way up in deh janitorial business for the last 20 years. Bein an employee of cambridge I believe I has some authority in talkin about the workings of the nobel prize award show. See it dem no good jews who been stealin deh ideas of the hard workin economicists in Africa.

   10 years ago # QUOTE 4 Volod 1 Vlad !

6. Economist
   8d48
   

   Not US citizens:

   2010 Pissarides
   2004 Kydland
   2003 Granger

   and several right before 1999

   But I agree, still US dominance.

   10 years ago # QUOTE 1 Volod 1 Vlad !

7. Economist
   e99e
   

   ^Yes, my wording above was careful. All of them were awarded with at least one US citizen.

   10 years ago # QUOTE 3 Volod 0 Vlad !

8. Economist
   8ac4
   

   OP no good.
   US not even in top 3 Econ Nobel prize per capita.

   10 years ago # QUOTE 2 Volod 4 Vlad !

9. Economist
   eb0d
   

   If you are a US citizen trying to feel superior with others' achievements, you are an idiot (I am a US Citizen too by the way).

   The US will have more for a while because (1) the US is where the money is and (2) The US is a huuuuuuge country populationwise.

   10 years ago # QUOTE 7 Volod 2 Vlad !

10. Economist
    4198
    

    Isn't it obvious? It's because 'murican is the master race.

    10 years ago # QUOTE 2 Volod 1 Vlad !

11. Economist
    89b3
    

    The greatest country on earth produces the greatest people. Economics and Nobel prize line up with this.

    The U.S. is the greatest thing that happened in the history of mankind.

    10 years ago # QUOTE 4 Volod 1 Vlad !

12. Economist
    74f2
    

    America is the only country that really cares about academic economics, it isnt realy considered a serious field elsewhere. If you look at other nobels/fields medals theyre split fairly equally between the US and the UK/germany/france (adjusted for population size).

    10 years ago # QUOTE 4 Volod 0 Vlad !

13. Economist
    bf06
    

    Sooo lacist!!!

    Why helllooo der, I be a janitor at the Cambridge university company. I be workin my way up in deh janitorial business for the last 20 years. Bein an employee of cambridge I believe I has some authority in talkin about the workings of the nobel prize award show. See it dem no good jews who been stealin deh ideas of the hard workin economicists in Africa.

    10 years ago # QUOTE 0 Volod 0 Vlad !

14. Economist
    f622
    

    If you are a US citizen trying to feel superior with others' achievements, you are an idiot (I am a US Citizen too by the way).
    The US will have more for a while because (1) the US is where the money is and (2) The US is a huuuuuuge country populationwise.

    you have to be the dumbest bastard around. Op in no wa came off smug.

    10 years ago # QUOTE 0 Volod 1 Vlad !

15. Economist
    c582
    

    Americans are the best at concepts.

    10 years ago # QUOTE 0 Volod 1 Vlad !

16. Economist
    9470
    

    The last year in which no US citizen was awarded a Nobel prize in economics: 1999. And that was a Canadian.
    Note also that this is true even if you are only counting "natural born" US citizens, so this isn't an artifact of the dominance of US universities in economics.
    How likely is this sort of trend to be in, say, 20 years? Conventional wisdom says it is likely to end with the larger number of researchers from other countries, but a mental check of the 40-50 year olds at the top of the profession is still dominated by Americans.

    US dominance in Nobels but 90% of them are Jewish. Better give credit to Jewish rather than American!

    10 years ago # QUOTE 1 Volod 0 Vlad !

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