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<p>Congratulations to political scientist Lin Ostrom and economist Oliver Williamson on sharing this year&rsquo;s Bank of Sweden prize in economics in memory of Alfred Nobel for their work on understanding non-governmental and non-market mechanisms for overcoming collective action problems; Ostrom has garnered the greater attention in my circles, due to her being a political scientist by training (the second to win the Nobel, following <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Simon">Herbert Simon</a>), being one of the pioneering female scholars in the social sciences, and being associated with Indiana University (with which I have what Mark Granovetter might call &ldquo;weak ties&rdquo;).</p> <p>Those with further praise and discussion of Ostrom and her work include <a href="http://www.poliblogger.com/?p=17084">Steven Taylor</a>, <a href="http://www.positiveliberty.com/2009/10/nobel-prize-in-economics-goes-to-lin-ostrom.html">James Hanley</a>, <a href="http://mungowitzend.blogspot.com/2009/10/ostromwilliamson.html">Mike Munger</a> (who also links a <a href="http://mungowitzend.blogspot.com/2009/10/lin-ostrom-lecture.html">lecture</a> by Ostrom on sustainable development), <a href="http://volokh.com/2009/10/12/elinor-ostrom-and-the-tragedy-of-the-commons/">Ilya Somin</a>, <a href="http://drezner.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/10/13/what_other_political_scientists_deserve_the_nobel">Dan Drezner</a>, <a href="http://www.dynamist.com/weblog/archives/003039.html">Virginia Postrel</a>, <a href="http://knowledgeproblem.com/2009/10/12/more-on-ostrom-and-williamson-and-decentralized-coordination/">Lynne Kiesling</a>, <a href="http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=18218">Margaret Soltan</a>, <a href="http://www.juliansanchez.com/2009/10/12/but-its-a-genuine-fake-nobel/">Julian Sanchez</a>, and <a href="http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2009/10/elinor-ostrom-and-the-wellgoverned-commons.html">Alex Tabarrok</a>. Not to neglect the economists, Tabarrok also <a href="http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2009/10/oliver-williamson.html">discusses Williamson&rsquo;s equally valuable contributions</a>.</p> http://blog.lordsutch.com/archives/4295 http://blog.lordsutch.com/atom.cgi/entryid=4295