First-Year Grad Student Wins Nobel Prize in Economics!

No, not really. But this post on Greg Mankiw's blog made me snort coffee out of my nose!

"The surprise choice of first-year graduate student Quintus Pfuffnick for the Nobel Prize in Economics drew praise from much of the world Friday even as many pointed out the youthful economist has not yet published anything in scholarly journals."

Who knew that economists could do satire?