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Dec 10 2008, Rahul Bhandari

PAUL KRUGMAN, the winner of this year’s Nobel prize in economics, put his finger on something in the 1990s when he identified, and then ridiculed, the notion that a slump is a “necessary punishment” for the excesses of the boom that went before it..

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Doctorow among international book prize nominees
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“Ragtime” novelist E.L. Doctorow and Nobel laureate V.S. Naipaul were among the 14 finalists announced Wednesday for the Man Booker International Prize,...
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Tutu to China: Stop abusing Dalai Lama
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Record 205 nominations for 2009 Nobel Peace Prize
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President Barack Obama and his French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy are believed to be among a record 205 nominations for the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
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Chavez: Lech Walesa unwelcome in Venezuela
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Nobel official defends disputed China trips
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The head of the Nobel Foundation on Tuesday rejected criticism against all-expenses-paid trips that prize jurors made to China and said it was “normal” for...
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Nobel jurors face bribery probe for China trips
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Entertainers hail Nobel laureate with concert
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American actress Scarlett Johansson, British actor Michael Caine and other entertainers said they hope their performances Thursday at the Nobel Peace Concert draw...
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Nobel Peace winner urges Obama to focus on Mideast
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Martti Ahtisaari urged President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday to start his term by giving “high priority” to the Mideast...
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List of Nobel Peace Prize winners since 1980
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Glance at 2008 Nobel Prize winners
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The prestigious Nobel Prizes are awarded annually on Dec. 10 in twin ceremonies in Stockholm and Oslo. Here is a look at this year’s winners and their work:
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Nobel-winner wants stronger US role in Mideast
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Ahtisaari says Serbia must face past wrongs
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Nobel Peace Prize winner Martti Ahtisaari says Serbia must recognize past wrongs in its relationship with Kosovo before it is ready to join the European Union.
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Krugman predicts US unemployment could top 10 pct
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The U.S. unemployment rate could reach 10 percent without a “very effective” stimulus package, 2008 Nobel economics prize winner Paul Krugman said Monday.
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Martti Ahtisaari arrives for Nobel peace ceremony
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Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari arrived in Oslo on Monday for his Nobel Peace Prize ceremony and said he hopes the honor will increase support his own peace...
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Krugman: US auto industry will probably disappear
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Nobel economics prize winner Paul Krugman said Sunday that the beleaguered U.S. auto industry will likely disappear.
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Three 2008 Nobel laureates from the United States lined up with President George W. Bush on Monday for an Oval Office photograph to mark their achievements.
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Bush meets with Nobel Award winners
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Three 2008 Nobel laureates from the United States lined up with President George W. Bush on Monday for an Oval Office photograph to mark their achievements.
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John Updike wins special Bad Sex in fiction prize
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