Top 10 Schools in Economics Based on Nobel Prizes

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This is a peculiarly American quirk, nobody else attempts to measure a university’s quality by the number of Nobel laureates it has. The reason American universities do this is obvious, it is good PR and raises the profile of the institution without having to spend any money. A more pressing question is why do American students fall for it?</p>

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You are wrong there. These Nobel laureates are paid well.</p>