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xalciene

Nobel Peace Prize 2006

Oct 14, 2006 11:40

http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2006/press.html

Congratulations to Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank (the inventor, and first implementor, of 'microcredit,' respectively).

I am heartened that this year's Peace Prize has been awarded to someone who has made a huge difference on the lives of the poors, and created a system which can ( Read more... )

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kewpid October 15 2006, 03:28:00 UTC

Was it necessary to insult the RSL?

xalciene October 15 2006, 22:51:31 UTC

Yes. Did you see that photo?! I wish I'd cut it out now

kewpid October 16 2006, 01:22:31 UTC

oh well. Anyway, Yunus is probably the first economist to win a real Nobel prize.

xalciene October 17 2006, 09:09:28 UTC

haha... yes, quite true. I thought it odd The Economist would have preferred the prize not to be awarded.... but on second thoughts, perhaps they agree with you and didn't want the humiliation