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Nobel Prize Winning Economist Supports Protests

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Submitted by George Washington on 10/04/2011 13:50 -0400



 

Nobel Prize Winning Economist Endorses Protests

Yesterday, Nobel prize-winning economist Joe Stiglitz met with the "Occupy Wall Street" protesters to support their cause. Stiglitz said, among other things, that Wall Street got rich by "socializing losses and privatizing gain... that's not capitalism... its a distorted economy."


He is not the only high-level economist who supports the protests. Many other high-level economists and financial experts support the protests as well, including:

I will update this post as more economists weigh in on the protests.

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Tue, 10/04/2011 - 14:08 | 1737947 George Washington
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WB, maybe. But they can provide their support from the comfort of their ivory towers, no?

Tue, 10/04/2011 - 15:17 | 1738296 williambanzai7
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They can, but I will be absolutely horrified if one Princeton Nobel jackass shows his head down there.

Tue, 10/04/2011 - 15:36 | 1738388 New_Meat
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WB7, does Columbia do anything for ya? - Ned

Tue, 10/04/2011 - 16:02 | 1738563 williambanzai7
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Just about the same as Princeton

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