The Nobel Prize bias
Ndileka Mandela reveals her thoughts on the Nobel Prize “bias problem” that negatively impacts minority groupings and the Global South.
Nobel Prize
đź”’ Most Nobel laureates develop theories; Ben Bernanke put his into practice – with insight from The Wall Street Journal
Former Fed chairman Ben Bernanke and two other academics developed the theoretical foundations for why banks exist and why bank panics hurt.
đź”’ Premium: Once-maligned Ivermectin now on US Govt “Covid Treatment Guidelines” website.
Ivermectin is now listed alongside four other drugs in the Covid-19 “Antiviral Therapy” section of the US Government’s NIH website.
There is a demented war against Ivermectin – Andrew Kenny
Covid has given rise to ideological battles for no obvious reason. Science and critical thinking have been supplanted by jeers and insults.
How one little word made a very big difference to yesterday
Yesterday, Alec Hogg received a stream of chiding emails after describing Professor Michael Levitt as SA’s only Nobel prizewinning scientist.
SA’s only Nobel Prize winning scientist calls lockdowns “a huge mistake”
South Africa can lay a somewhat optimistic claim to just one Nobel Prize winning scientist, 73 year old Stanford University professor Michael Levitt.
Labour leader Corbyn enlists star economists Piketty, Stiglitz as advisors
Appointing Joseph Stiglitz and Thomas Piketty as advisors mark Jeremy Corbyn’s effort to restore trust among the business and academic community.