Economics’ scientific maturity was asserted by prize’s backers despite 1968 doubts

Evidence

But I would still like to believe that the economic science today is so developed and established as a scientific discipline, that such caveats cannot be decisive. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 474

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The Nobel economics prize was created to manufacture science-like prestige, not to honor it — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 475; The Nobel prize shaped American economics despite official denials — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 526; The economics prize consciously moved the profession in a neoliberal direction — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 484 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• The Nobel prize shaped American economics despite official denials #corroborates (0.85) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 526
• Nobel economics prizes to neoliberals resulted from contingency plus deliberate agenda #corroborates (0.75) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 499
• The economics prize consciously moved the profession in a neoliberal direction #corroborates (0.72) — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 484