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Prof. Thomas Sargent awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Economics

Excerpt from The new York Times -- "In awarding the 2011 Nobel in economic sciences to Christopher Sims and Thomas Sargent, the prize committee has rewarded two towering intellects — and delivered a challenge to politicians who are driven more by ideology than by serious consideration of the real-world consequences of their actions." Additional coverage appeared in The New York Times, three New York Times blogs, a New Yorker blog, Livemint, NYU Local, Washington Square News, three Financial Times pieces, Bloomberg, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Wall Street Journal, VoxEU and New York Magazine.