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		standalonematt on Nov 20, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linus Torvalds for Nobel Peace Prize? What about the economics prize (I know, not a real nobel prize) going to members of the free/open source software community. Their works have really shown that great things can be built by a community of people, with limited central leadership and without a clear profit motive.

philwelch on Nov 20, 2009 [–]

The economics prize usually goes to an economist, not to someone who actually demonstrates something about the economy in practice.

standalonematt on Nov 20, 2009 | [–]

Thanks for that - I don't really know much about the criteria for awarding the economics prize.

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