As a newly discovered corona virus spreads through an increasingly anxious world, advice is being offered—and sometimes mocked—about the mundane-seeming question of facial hair. The basic safety question was investigated more than fifty years ago—and that investigation was honored ten years ago with an Ig Nobel Prize. Also: Today the Trump administration took a new […]
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Michael Milken, First Winner (in 1991) of the Ig Nobel Economics Prize, Pardoned
Michael Milken, the very first winner of the Ig Nobel Economics Prize, was pardoned today by the current President of the United States, Donald Trump. The 1991 Ig Nobel Prize for economics was awarded to “Michael Milken, titan of Wall Street and father of the junk bond, to whom the world is indebted”. Fox Business […]
Reports: U.S. President Likely to Pardon Milken, First Winner of the Ig Nobel Economics Prize
News reports suggest that U.S. President Donald Trump is likely to pardon convicted felon Michael Milken, who in 1991 became the very first person to be awarded an Ig Nobel Prize for Economics. That 1991 Ig Nobel Prize was awarded to Michael Milken, titan of Wall Street and father of the junk bond, to whom the world […]
“Junk”—a new play about the first Ig Nobel Economics Prize winner (Michael Milken)
“Junk” is a new play, based on the life of the winner of the first Ig Nobel Economics Prize. That Ig Nobel prize was awarded, in 1991, to Michael Milken, titan of Wall Street and father of the junk bond, to whom the world is indebted. James B. Stewart reviewed the new play, for the New York […]
Ig Nobellian Milken, junk-bond king, now crusades for cures
Michael Milken, who was awarded the 1991 Ig Nobel Prize for economics, has become a crusader for medical legislation and funding. The Ig Nobel prize cited Milken as “father of the junk bond, to whom the world is indebted“. Sheila Kaplan, reporting for STAT, profiles Milken’s recent activities: WASHINGTON — Nearly 1,200 lobbyists roamed the halls of Congress […]