Nobel laureate
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We know this because of the findings of William Sharpe, the 1990 Nobel laureate in economics.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 21, 2026
Among the advisers: Greg Mankiw, a former top adviser in the George W. Bush administration, Nobel laureate Thomas Sargent, and Doug McMillon, former CEO of Walmart.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
“There is nothing so joyous as a Mexican fiesta, but there is also nothing so sorrowful,” Nobel laureate Octavio Paz infamously wrote in “The Labyrinth of Solitude,” his 1950 treatise on the Mexican condition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
The Nobel laureate Paul Krugman was one critic.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
“Theorists tend to be more liberal in their politics, liberal ranging on into radical,” the Nobel laureate Edwin McMillan, Lawrence’s laboratory associate and brother-in-law, observed years later.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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