Neoliberals held about 38-40 percent of economics Nobel prizes since 1993
Evidence
- The consequence of these two trends was the marked expansion of the proportion of neoliberal winners (a category larger than simply MPS members) relative to the cumulative population of total winners. The proportion of neoliberal winners rose from 11 percent in 1974 to 38 percent in 1993. … 5. However, the flow of new neoliberal additions to the prize has been such that the neoliberal representation of the cumulative stock of winners has remained around 38–40 percent since 1993. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 494
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: The economics Nobel committee was majority-staffed by neoliberal economists during its first six years. — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 491; A Nobel selection committee member admitted MPS overrepresentation in the prize — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 498; Neoliberal Nobel wins slowed after Lindbeck left the prize committee in 1994 — Dieter Plehwe, Quinn Slobodian & Philip Mirowski (eds.), Nine Lives of Neoliberalism, 495 (+2 more)